Browsing Research Articles (Medical Virology) by Subject "Severe acute respiratory illness (SARI)"

Browsing Research Articles (Medical Virology) by Subject "Severe acute respiratory illness (SARI)"

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  • Attributable fraction of influenza virus detection to mild and severe respiratory illnesses in HIV-Infected and HIV-uninfected patients, South Africa, 2012–2016 
    Tempia, Stefano; Walaza, Sibongile; Moyes, Jocelyn; Cohen, Adam L.; Von Mollendorf, Claire; McMorrow, Meredith L.; Treurnicht, Florette K.; Venter, Marietjie; Pretorius, Marthi Andréa; Hellferscee, Orienka; Wolter, Nicole; Von Gottberg, Anne; Nguweneza, Athermon; McAnerney, Johanna M.; Dawood, Halima; Variava, Ebrahim; Madhi, Shabir A.; Cohen, Cheryl (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017-07)
    The attributable fraction (AF) of influenza virus detection to illness has not been described for patients in different age groups or with different HIV infection statuses. We compared the age group–specific prevalence of ...
  • Determining the provincial and national burden of influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness in South Africa using a rapid assessment methodology 
    Murray, Jillian; Cohen, Adam L.; Walaza, Sibongile; Groome, Michelle; Madho, Shabir A.; Variava, Ebrahim; Kahn, Kathleen; Dawood, Halima; Tempia, Stefano; Tshangela, Akhona; Venter, Marietjie; Feikin, Daniel R.; Cohen, Cheryl; Chowell, Gerardo (Public Library of Science, 2015-07-08)
    Local disease burden data are necessary to set national influenza vaccination policy. In 2010 the population of South Africa was 50 million and the HIV prevalence was 11%. We used a previously developed methodology to ...
  • Development of a respiratory severity score for hospitalized adults in a high HIV-prevalence setting—South Africa, 2010-2011 
    Millman, Alexander J.; Greenbaum, Adena; Walaza, Sibongile; Cohen, Adam L.; Groome, Michelle J.; Reed, Carrie; McMorrow, Meredith; Tempia, Stefano; Venter, Marietjie; Treurnicht, Florette K.; Madhi, Shabir A.; Cohen, Cheryl; Variava, Ebrahim (BioMed Central, 2017-02-02)
    BACKGROUND : Acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are a frequent cause of hospitalization and mortality in South Africa; however, existing respiratory severity scores may underestimate mortality risk in ...
  • Enterovirus D68 and other enterovirus serotypes identified in South African patients with severe acute respiratory illness, 2009-2011 
    Hellferscee, Orienka; Treurnicht, Florette K.; Tempia, Stefano; Variava, Ebrahim; Dawood, Halima; Kahn, Kathleen; Cohen, Adam L.; Pretorius, Marthi Andréa; Cohen, Cheryl; Madhi, Shabir A.; Venter, Marietjie (Wiley Open Access, 2017-04)
    BACKGROUND : Human enteroviruses (EV) have been associated with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) in South Africa. OBJECTIVES : We aimed to describe the molecular epidemiology of EV serotypes among patients ...
  • Epidemiology of influenza B/Yamagata and B/Victoria lineages in South Africa, 2005-2014 
    Seleka, Mpho; Treurnicht, Florette K.; Tempia, Stefano; Hellferscee, Orienka; Mtshali, Senzo; Cohen, Adam L.; Buys, Amelia; McAnerney, Johanna M.; Besselaar, Terry G.; Pretorius, Marthi Andréa; Von Gottberg, Anne; Walaza, Sibongile; Cohen, Cheryl; Madhi, Shabir A.; Venter, Marietjie (Public Library of Science, 2017-05-25)
    BACKGROUND : Studies describing the epidemiology of influenza B lineages in South Africa are lacking. METHODS : We conducted a prospective study to describe the circulation of influenza B/Victoria and B/ Yamagata lineages ...
  • Epidemiology of influenza virus types and subtypes in South Africa, 2009-2012 
    Cohen, Adam L.; Hellferscee, Orienka; Pretorius, Marthi Andréa; Treurnicht, Florette K.; Walaza, Sibongile; Madhi, Shabir A.; Groome, Michelle; Dawood, Halima; Variava, Ebrahim; Kahn, Kathleen; Wolter, Nicole; Von Gottberg, Anne; Tempia, Stefano; Venter, Marietjie; Cohen, Cheryl (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014-07)
    To determine clinical and epidemiologic differences between influenza caused by different virus types and subtypes, we identified patients and tested specimens. Patients were children and adults hospitalized with confirmed ...
  • Epidemiology of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) among adults and children aged 5 years in a high HIV-prevalence Setting, 2009–2012 
    Cohen, Cheryl; Walaza, Sibongile; Moyes, Jocelyn; Groome, Michelle; Tempia, Stefano; Pretorius, Marthi Andréa; Hellferscee, Orienka; Dawood, Halima; Haffejee, Summaya; Variava, Ebrahim; Kahn, Kathleen; Tshangela, Akhona; Von Gottberg, Anne; Wolter, Nicole; Cohen, Adam L.; Kgokong, Babatyi; Venter, Marietjie; Madhi, Shabir A. (Public Library of Science, 2015-02-23)
    OBJECTIVE There are few published studies describing severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) epidemiology amongst older children and adults from high HIV-prevalence settings. We aimed to describe SARI epidemiology amongst ...
  • Genetic diversity and molecular epidemiology of human rhinoviruses in South Africa 
    Pretorius, Marthi Andréa; Tempia, Stefano; Treurnicht, Florette K.; Walaza, Sibongile; Cohen, Adam L.; Moyes, Jocelyn; Hellferscee, Orienka; Variava, Ebrahim; Dawood, Halima; Chhagan, Meera; Haffejee, Summaya; Madhi, Shabir A.; Cohen, Cheryl; Venter, Marietjie (Wiley, 2014-07-03)
    BACKGROUND Rhinoviruses (RV) are a well-established cause of respiratory illness. RV-C has been associated with more severe illness. We aimed to characterize and compare the clinical presentations and disease severity ...
  • Mortality in children aged <5 years with severe acute respiratory illness in a high HIV-prevalence urban and rural areas of South Africa, 2009–2013 
    Ayeni, Oluwatosin A.; Walaza, Sibongile; Tempia, Stefano; Groome, Michelle; Kahn, Kathleen; Madhi, Shabir A.; Cohen, Adam L.; Moyes, Jocelyn; Venter, Marietjie; Pretorius, Marthi; Treurnicht, Florette; Hellferscee, Orienka; Von Gottberg, Anne; Wolter, Nicole; Cohen, Cheryl (Public Library of Science, 2021-08)
    BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) is an important cause of mortality in young children, especially in children living with HIV infection. Disparities in SARI death in children aged <5 years exist in urban ...
  • Risk factors for influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness hospitalization in South Africa, 2012–2015 
    Tempia, Stefano; Walaza, Sibongile; Moyes, Jocelyn; Cohen, Adam L.; Von Mollendorf, Claire; Treurnicht, Florette K.; Venter, Marietjie; Pretorius, Marthi Andréa; Hellferscee, Orienka; Mtshali, Senzo; Seleka, Mpho; Tshangela, Akhona; Nguweneza, Athermon; McAnerney, Johanna M.; Wolter, Nicole; Von Gottberg, Anne; Dawood, Halima; Variava, Ebrahim; Madhi, Shabir A.; Cohen, Cheryl (Oxford University Press, 2017)
    BACKGROUND : Data on risk factors for influenza-associated hospitalizations in low- and middle-income countries are limited. METHODS : We conducted active syndromic surveillance for hospitalized severe acute respiratory ...