Figure 2. Monthly rates of ARI by etiology and malaria.
The percent of ARI cases positive influenza viruses A and B is by qPCR and malaria by blood smear (panel A) and RSV and hMPV by qPCR and pneumococcus by blood culture (panel B), March 1, 2007-February 28, 2010. Asembo, western Kenya. Pneumococcus only given by blood culture because urine antigen testing was not available during entire time period. Pandemic H1N1 influenza virus (pH1N1) first detected at Lwak Hospital in November 2009.