Prospective epidemiologic surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia in children in San José, Costa Rica

Highlights ► Prospective surveillance of pneumonia and IPD enhances disease burden estimates. ► Prospective data on incidence of IPD and pneumonia in Latin America are limited. ► Incidence of IPD and pneumonia in children was high in Costa Rica. ► Data represent only pediatric IPD active surveillanc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Vaccine 2012-03, Vol.30 (13), p.2342-2348
Hauptverfasser:	Arguedas, Adriano, Abdelnour, Arturo, Soley, Carolina, Jimenez, Elias, Jimenez, Ana Laura, Ramcharran, Darmendra, Porat, Nurith, Dagan, Ron, Gray, Sharon, Rodgers, Gail L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Allergy and Immunology Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology blood cerebrospinal fluid chest Child, Preschool children Costa Rica - epidemiology Culture Media death Ear diseases Female health services Hospitals Humans Immunization Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Invasive pneumococcal disease Male Meningitis Microbial Sensitivity Tests monitoring Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology Pneumonia Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - epidemiology Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - microbiology polymerase chain reaction Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods Population Population Surveillance - methods Population-based incidence Prospective Studies serotypes Streptococcus infections Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae - drug effects Streptococcus pneumoniae - genetics Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification Studies sulfamethoxazole trimethoprim Vaccines
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights ► Prospective surveillance of pneumonia and IPD enhances disease burden estimates. ► Prospective data on incidence of IPD and pneumonia in Latin America are limited. ► Incidence of IPD and pneumonia in children was high in Costa Rica. ► Data represent only pediatric IPD active surveillance study from Central America. ► Surveillance is critical to assess impact of PCV vaccination.
ISSN:	0264-410X 1873-2518
DOI:	10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.01.047