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The population-based burden of influenza-associated hospitalization in rural western Kenya, 2007-2009

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the burden and age-specific rates of influenza-associated hospitalization in rural western Kenya. METHODS: All 3924 patients with respiratory illness (defined as acute cough, difficulty in breathing or pleuritic chest pain) who were hospitalized between June 2007 and May 2009...

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Main Authors:	Daniel R Feikin (Author), Maurice O Ope (Author), Barrack Aura (Author), James A Fuller (Author), Stella Gikunju (Author), John Vulule (Author), Zipporah Ng'ang'a (Author), M Kariuki Njenga (Author), Robert F Breiman (Author), Mark Katz (Author)
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Published:	The World Health Organization.
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