Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Newborns in Bamako, Mali
Author(s) -
Andrea G. Buchwald,
Boubou Tamboura,
Sharon M. Tennant,
Fadima Cheick Haidara,
Fla Coulibaly,
Moussa Doumbia,
Fatoumata Diallo,
Adama Mamby Keita,
Samba O. Sow,
Karen L. Kotloff,
Myron M. Levine,
Milagritos D. Tapia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz157
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , pediatrics , pneumonia , vaccination , pregnancy , cohort study , cohort , immunology , physics , biology , optics , genetics
Few studies describe the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) burden in African populations, and most have utilized hospital-based surveillance. In Mali, no community-based studies exist of the incidence or epidemiology of RSV infection. This study provides the first estimates of RSV incidence in Mali.
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