The Burden of Common Infectious Disease Syndromes at the Clinic and Household Level from Population-Based Surveillance in Rural and Urban Kenya

Daniel R. Feikin; Beatrice Olack; Godfrey M. Bigogo; Allan Audi; Leonard Cosmas; Barrack Aura; Heather Burke; M. Kariuki Njenga; John Williamson; Robert F. Breiman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016085

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The Burden of Common Infectious Disease Syndromes at the Clinic and Household Level from Population-Based Surveillance in Rural and Urban Kenya

Daniel R. Feikin ,

* E-mail: dfeikin@ke.cdc.gov

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program-Kenya, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Nairobi and Kisumu, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya
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Beatrice Olack,

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program-Kenya, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Nairobi and Kisumu, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya
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Godfrey M. Bigogo,

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program-Kenya, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Nairobi and Kisumu, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya
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Allan Audi,

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program-Kenya, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Nairobi and Kisumu, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya
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Leonard Cosmas,

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program-Kenya, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Nairobi and Kisumu, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya
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Barrack Aura,

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program-Kenya, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Nairobi and Kisumu, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya
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Heather Burke,

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program-Kenya, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Nairobi and Kisumu, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya
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M. Kariuki Njenga,

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program-Kenya, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Nairobi and Kisumu, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya
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John Williamson,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya
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Robert F. Breiman

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program-Kenya, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Nairobi and Kisumu, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya
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The Burden of Common Infectious Disease Syndromes at the Clinic and Household Level from Population-Based Surveillance in Rural and Urban Kenya

Daniel R. Feikin,
Beatrice Olack,
Godfrey M. Bigogo,
Allan Audi,
Leonard Cosmas,
Barrack Aura,
Heather Burke,
M. Kariuki Njenga,
John Williamson,
Robert F. Breiman

Published: January 18, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016085

About the Authors

Daniel R. Feikin

* E-mail: dfeikin@ke.cdc.gov

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program-Kenya, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Nairobi and Kisumu, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya

Beatrice Olack

Godfrey M. Bigogo

Allan Audi

Leonard Cosmas

Barrack Aura

Heather Burke

M. Kariuki Njenga

John Williamson

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya

Robert F. Breiman

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DF HB RB. Performed the experiments: DF BO GB HB MKN RB. Analyzed the data: DF AA LC BA JW RB. Wrote the paper: DF BO GB AA LC BA HB MKN JW RB.

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