Hospital‐Based Surveillance of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Young Children in Urban Nepal | Zendy

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Hospital‐Based Surveillance of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Young Children in Urban Nepal

Author(s) -

Eleri Williams,

Stephen Thorson,

Mitu Maskey,

Sandeep Mahat,

Mainga Hamaluba,

Sabina Dongol,

Anja Werno,

Bharat K. Yadav,

Aparna Singh Shah,

Dominic F. Kelly,

Neelam Adhikari,

Andrew J. Pollard,

David R. Murdoch

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/596488

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumococcal disease , pediatrics , pneumococcal infections , disease , environmental health , streptococcus pneumoniae , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of pneumonia and meningitis in young children. Before implementation of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in developing countries, there is an urgent need to provide regional epidemiological data on pneumococcal disease. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence and serotype distribution of invasive pneumococcal disease among young children hospitalized in urban Nepal.

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