Published on in Vol 8, No 1 (2019): January

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/10854, first published .
Determining the Cause of Death Among Children Hospitalized With Respiratory Illness in Kenya: Protocol for Pediatric Respiratory Etiology Surveillance Study (PRESS)

Determining the Cause of Death Among Children Hospitalized With Respiratory Illness in Kenya: Protocol for Pediatric Respiratory Etiology Surveillance Study (PRESS)

Determining the Cause of Death Among Children Hospitalized With Respiratory Illness in Kenya: Protocol for Pediatric Respiratory Etiology Surveillance Study (PRESS)

Henry N Njuguna   1 , MBChB, MPH ;   Sherif R Zaki   2 , MD, PhD ;   Drucilla J Roberts   3 , MD ;   Corinne L Fligner   4 , MD ;   M. Kelly Keating   2 , DVM ;   Emily Rogena   5 , MBChB, MMed ;   Edwin Walong   5 , MBChB, MMed ;   Andrew K Gachii   6 , MBChB, MMed ;   Elizabeth Maleche-Obimbo   5 , MBChB, MMed ;   Grace Irimu   5 , MBChB, MMed, Ph.D. ;   John Mathaiya   5 , MBChB, MMed ;   Noelle Orata   5 , MBChB, MMed ;   Rosemarie Lopokoiyit   5 , MBChB, MMed ;   Jackson Maina   5 , MBChB, MMed ;   Gideon O Emukule   7 , MSc, PhD ;   Clayton O Onyango   8 , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Stella Gikunju   8 , BSc ;   Collins Owuor   8 , BSc, MSc ;   Peter Kinuthia   9 , BSc, MPH ;   Milka Bunei   9 , BSc, MPH ;   Barry Fields   1 , PhD ;   Marc-Alain Widdowson   8 , VetMB, MSc, MA ;   Joshua A Mott   10 , MA, EMT-P, PhD ;   Sandra S Chaves   7, 10 , MD, MSc

1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global Health Protection, Atlanta, GA, United States

2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Infectious Disease Pathology Branch, Atlanta, GA, United States

3 Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

4 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

5 University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

6 Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

7 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kenyan Influenza Program, Nairobi, Kenya

8 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global Health Protection, Nairobi, Kenya

9 IHRC, Inc, Nairobi, Kenya

10 Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Sandra S Chaves, MD, MSc
  • Influenza Division
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Atlanta, GA
  • United States
  • Phone: 254 710 602 748
  • Email: bev8@cdc.gov