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pneumonia 2014 Aug 27;5:18–29
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Viral pneumonia in adults and older children in sub-Saharan Africa Antonia Hoa,b a
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi; b
Corresponding author: Antonia Ho, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi. Phone: +265
Received Feb 26, 2014; Accepted Jun 27, 2014; Published Aug 27, 2014
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Records identified through database searching ( = 214) Records excluded on the basis of title/abstract not relevant ( = 140) Full-text articles assessed for eligibility ( = 74) Full-text articles excluded, with reasons ( = 69) Adult ( = 31) - LRTI – viral pathogens not evaluated ( = 9) - LRTI – not hospitalised ( = 1) - LRTI – no aetiology ( = 2) - Influenza surveillance ( = 14) - RSV surveillance ( = 1) - Respiratory disease – not LRTI ( = 4) Paediatric (age
