Severe Influenza-associated Respiratory Infection in High HIV Prevalence Setting, South Africa, 2009–2011
Cheryl Cohen
, Jocelyn Moyes, Stefano Tempia, Michelle Groom, Sibongile Walaza, Marthi Pretorius, Halima Dawood, Meera Chhagan, Summaya Haffejee, Ebrahim Variava, Kathleen Kahn, Akhona Tshangela, Anne von Gottberg, Nicole Wolter, Adam L. Cohen, Babatyi Kgokong, Marietjie Venter, and Shabir A. Madhi
Author affiliations: National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa (C. Cohen, J. Moyes, S. Walaza, M. Pretorius, A. Tshangela, A. von Gottberg, N. Wolter, B. Kgokong, M. Venter, S.A. Madhi); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (C. Cohen, J. Moyes, M. Groom, E. Variava, K. Kahn, A. von Gottberg, N. Wolter, S. A. Madhi); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Tempia, A.L. Cohen); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa (S. Tempia, A. L. Cohen); University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa (H. Dawood, M. Chhagan, S. Haffejee); Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (H. Dawood); Klerksdorp Tshepong Hospital, Klerksdorp, South Africa (E. Variava); Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden (K. Kahn); INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana (K. Kahn); University of Pretoria, Pretoria (M. Venter)
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Figure 1. . Number of patients testing influenza positive by subtype and influenza detection rate by epidemiologic week and year among patients with hospitalized pneumonia at 4 sentinel surveillance sites, South Africa, 2009–2011.
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