Surveillance of acute lower respiratory infections in Cambodia: lessons from the field
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Background Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. With the threat of emerging respiratory diseases, surveillance of viral respiratory infections has been an international focus of the recent years. In June 2007, we implemented in Cambodia a surveillance study of ALRI in two provincial hospitals. After 2 years of study, we highlight caveats and difficulties in interpreting surveillance data as a lesson from the field.
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