Training Years: 2014-2015
Training Site: UNC Project-Malawi
Country: Malawi
Mentors: Satish Gopal, MD, MPH; Mark Steinhoff, MD
Title: Assessing Viral Etiologies for Pediatric Acute Respiratory Illness (ARI) at a National Teaching Hospital in Malawi
Project Objectives: Inform future strategies for prevention and management of children presenting with ARI to KCH pediatric department.
Primary Aim: Establish the prevalence and clinical characteristics of specific viral respiratory infections for patients admitted to KCH with ARI
Primary hypothesis: Viral respiratory infections will constitute a large proportion of ARI admissions to KCH
Secondary Aims:
- Establish the prevalence of concomitant invasive bacterial infection (IBI) and malaria among children with ARI admitted to hospital, and examine associations with the presence or absence of respiratory viruses
- Compare the prevalence of viral respiratory infection among children with ARI who are HIV-infected, HIV-uninfected and HIV-exposed
NIH Support: Fogarty fellowship postdoctoral training award
