clim_rsv_Dadaab_month_up2.txt

Surveillance for viral respiratory illnesses, Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was implemented in Dadaab refugee camp in north eastern Kenya in 2007. Paediatric and adult patients who presented at a camp medical unit, and met the case definition for influenza-like illness (ILI) or severe acute respiratory infection (SARI), were enrolled into the laboratory-enhanced respiratory surveillance system and tested for all of the above disease after an informed consent form was completed by adults, older minors, and guardians of all minors <15 years. The monthly counts of all RSV cases among children younger than 5 years were included in the present analysis; the main outcome of interest being monthly RSV incidence rate in this age group. Local weather and climatic data, including: the mean temperature and mean dew point for the day (both in ⁰F); mean sea level pressure for the day in millibars; mean visibility for the day in miles; mean wind speed for the day in knots; minimum and maximum temperature (⁰F) reported during the day; and the total precipitation (in inches) reported during the day were obtained from the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO’s), World Weather Watch Program, according to WMO Resolution 40 (Cg-XII) (available at http://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/cdo).