2021
Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Mortality Among Young Infants in Karachi, Pakistan: A Prospective Postmortem Surveillance Study
Kazi AM, Aguolu OG, Mughis W, Ahsan N, Jamal S, Khan A, Qureshi HM, Yildirim I, Malik FA, Omer SB. Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Mortality Among Young Infants in Karachi, Pakistan: A Prospective Postmortem Surveillance Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021, 73: s203-s209. PMID: 34472574, PMCID: PMC8411247, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab488.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory syncytial virusRespiratory symptomsInfant deathRSV seasonalityRole of RSVYoung infantsPresence of RSVMultivariable logistic regression analysisMaternal immunization strategiesSignificant mortality burdenVaccine-hesitant populationYoung infant deathsMultivariable logistic regressionCold-like symptomsSignificant predictorsLogistic regression analysisPostneonatal ageRSV mortalityRSV seasonMaternal immunizationInfant morbidityNasopharyngeal specimensNasopharyngeal swabsSyncytial virusRespiratory illness
2010
Serosurveillance study on transmission of H5N1 virus during a 2006 avian influenza epidemic
CEYHAN M, YILDIRIM I, FERRARIS O, BOUSCAMBERT-DUCHAMP M, FROBERT E, UYAR N, TEZER H, ONER AF, BUZGAN T, TORUNOGLU MA, OZKAN B, YILMAZ R, KURTOGLU MG, LALELI Y, BADUR S, LINA B. Serosurveillance study on transmission of H5N1 virus during a 2006 avian influenza epidemic. Epidemiology And Infection 2010, 138: 1274-1280. PMID: 20092669, DOI: 10.1017/s095026880999166x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerum samplesSubclinical infectionAvian influenza patientsSingle serum sampleAvian influenzaEnzyme-linked immunoassayPoultry cullersInfluenza patientsMicroneutralization assaysNasopharyngeal swabsPolymerase chain reactionSerosurveillance studiesH5N1 infectionHealthcare workersHaemagglutination inhibitionInfluenza epidemicsHuman infectionsSerological surveyFamily contactsHuman casesH5N1 virusInfectionDiseased poultryInfected chickensChain reaction