Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in the Western Region, The Gambia

BACKGROUND.Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in young children in the developing world. The recent development of pneumococcal polysaccharide/protein conjugate vaccines may make possible prevention of this infection. However, little is known about the epidemiology...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 1998-01, Vol.17 (1), p.23-28
Hauptverfasser:	USEN, STANLEY, ADEGBOLA, RICHARD, MULHOLLAND, KIM, JAFFAR, SHABBAR, HILTON, STEPHEN, OPARAUGO, ANSLEM, OMOSIGHO, CHARLES, LAHAI, GEORGE, CORRAH, TUMANI, PALMER, AYO, SCHNEIDER, GISELA, WEBER, MARTIN, GREENWOOD, BRIAN
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial Capsules Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Child, Preschool Female Gambia - epidemiology Haemophilus Vaccines - immunology Human bacterial diseases Humans Incidence Infant Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology Polysaccharides, Bacterial - immunology Population Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections Tropical medicine
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