Objective Influenza is a common childhood disease and protecting children by predicting the
positive rate of influenza virus is important as vaccines are not routinely administered in …

Severe acute respiratory infections, including influenza, are a leading cause of
cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality worldwide. Until recently, the epidemiology of …

As part of the international response to control the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the
Department of Defense has deployed military personnel to train Liberians to manage the …

By analyzing publicly available surveillance data from 2011–2016, we produced country-
specific estimates of seasonal influenza activity for 118 countries in the six World Health …

Background Influenza is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Little is known
of the true burden and epidemiology of influenza in Africa. Nigeria has a sentinel …

Background Studies seeking to estimate the burden of influenza among hospitalized adults
often use case definitions that require presence of pneumonia. The goal of this study was to …

WHO declared pandemic of A/H1N1influenza in 2009 following global spread of the newly
emerged strain of the virus from swine. Presently there is a dearth of data on the ecology of …

Severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), including influenza, are a leading cause of
cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality worldwide. Until recently the epidemiology of …

Background Little is known about the epidemiology of influenza in Africa, including Niger.
We documented the epidemiology of seasonal and pandemic influenza among outpatients …

Pigs have been associated with several episodes of influenza outbreaks in the past and are
considered to play a significant role in the ecology of influenza virus. The recent 2009 …