A comparison of four epidemic waves of COVID-19 in Malawi; an observational cohort study

Autor: Catherine Anscombe, Samantha Lissauer, Herbert Thole, Jamie Rylance, Dingase Dula, Mavis Menyere, Belson Kutambe, Charlotte van der Veer, Tamara Phiri, Ndaziona P. Banda, Kwazizira S. Mndolo, Kelvin Mponda, Chimota Phiri, Jane Mallewa, Mulinda Nyirenda, Grace Katha, Henry Mwandumba, Stephen B. Gordon, Kondwani C. Jambo, Jennifer Cornick, Nicholas Feasey, Kayla G. Barnes, Ben Morton, Philip M. Ashton, Blantyre COVID-19 Consortium

Publikováno v: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2023)

Abstract Background Compared to the abundance of clinical and genomic information available on patients hospitalised with COVID-19 disease from high-income countries, there is a paucity of data from low-income countries. Our aim was to explore the re

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Respiratory Virus–Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness and Viral Clustering in Malawian Children in a Setting With a High Prevalence of HIV Infection, Malaria, and Malnutrition

Autor: Neil French, Meredith McMorrow, Marc Allain Widdowson, Nigel A. Cunliffe, Antonia Ho, Ingrid Peterson, Gugulethu Mapurisa, Naor Bar-Zeev, Thembi Katangwe, Maaike Alaerts, Dean Everett, Mavis Menyere, Ivan Mambule, Moses Chilombe, Robert S. Heyderman, Laura Newberry, David G. Lalloo, Nico Nagelkerke, Miguel A. Sanjoaquin, Neil Kennedy, Suzanne T. Anderson

Publikováno v: Peterson, I, Bar-Zeev, N, Kennedy, N, Ho, A, Newberry, L, San Joaquin, M A, Menyere, M, Alaerts, M, Mapurisa, G, Chilombe, M, Mambule, I, Lalloo, D G, Anderson, S T, Katangwe, T, Cunliffe, N, Nagelkerke, N, McMorrow, M, Widdowson, M-A, French, N, Everett, D & Heyderman, R S 2016, ' Respiratory virus-associated severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) and viral clustering in Malawian children in a setting with a high prevalence of HIV, malaria and malnutrition ', The Journal of Infectious Diseases . https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiw426
Journal of Infectious Diseases
JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Background:\ud We used data from 4 years of pediatric severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) sentinel surveillance in Blantyre, Malawi, to identify factors associated with clinical severity and coviral clustering.\ud \ud Methods:\ud From January 201

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https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiw426

Epstein-Barr Virus Coinfection in Cerebrospinal Fluid Is Associated With Increased Mortality in Malawian Adults With Bacterial Meningitis

Autor: Sareen E. Galbraith, Katharine E. Cartwright, Robert S. Heyderman, Tom Solomon, Danielle B. Cohen, Laura A Benjamin, Mavis Menyere, Katherine M.B. Ajdukiewicz, David G. Lalloo, Malcolm Guiver, Matthew J. Kelly, Florian Neuhann

Publikováno v: The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Mortality from adult bacterial meningitis exceeds 50% in sub-Saharan Africa. We postulated that-particularly in individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-herpes simplex virus, varicella zoster virus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and c

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https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jir707

The impact of HIV on the burden and severity of influenza illness in Malawian adults: The bash-flu study

Autor: Jane Mallewa, Robert S. Heyderman, Stephen Aston, Dean Everett, Maaike Alaerts, Mavis Menyere, Tamara Mitchell, Antonia Ho, Mulinda Nyirenda, Neil French

Publikováno v: Journal of Infection. 71:687-688

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2015.09.030

Impact of HIV on the burden and severity of influenza illness in adults in Malawi: a cohort and case-control study

Autor: Mavis Menyere, Robert S. Heyderman, Maaike Alaerts, Stephen Aston, Hannah Jary, Neil French, Jane Mallewa, Mulinda Nyirenda, Antonia Ho, Tamara Mitchell, Dean Everett

Publikováno v: The Lancet. 387:S51

Background Although annual vaccination of at-risk groups is the cornerstone of influenza prevention in many developed settings, it is unavailable in most sub-Saharan African countries. Since 70% of the estimated total population of HIV-infected perso

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(16)00438-4