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Characterizing the endemicity and disease burden of chikungunya virus infections among children in coastal Kenya
- Alternative title:
- Chikungunya infections among children in Kenya
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Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) is a viral illness of significant public health concern characterised by acute, often chronic, debilitating joint pain and polyarthritis. CHIKF is caused by the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus (CHIKV) that was first discovered in Tanzania in 1952. CHIKV re-emerged in coastal Kenya in 2004 causing the largest CHIKF epidemic on record. The epidemic affected millions of people, with rapid geographic spread to other countries in Africa, India, southeast Asia and Europe....
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+ Bejon, P
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- Contributor
+ Warimwe, G
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- Supervisor
+ Mwangi, T
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- Supervisor
+ Lambe, T
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- Examiner
+ Faria, N
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- Examiner
+ Wellcome Trust
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- Funder identifier:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010269
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- 203077_Z_16_Z
+ NIHR GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRAMME
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- Funder identifier:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100013373
- Grant:
- 16/136/33
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- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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English
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2023-05-18
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- Nyamwaya, D
- Copyright date:
- 2022
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