Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children in Rural Bangladesh: Results from a Population‐Based Surveillance
Author(s) -
Shams El Arifeen,
Samir K. Saha,
Sayedur Rahman,
Kazi Mizanur Rahman,
Syed Moshfiqur Rahman,
Sanwarul Bari,
Aliya Naheed,
Ishtiaq Mannan,
M. Habibur R. Seraji,
ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed,
Muhammad Hassan,
Nazmul Huda,
Ashraf Siddik,
Iftekhar Quasem,
Mohammad Shahidul Islam,
Kaniz Fatima,
Hassan M. AlEmran,
W. Abdullah Brooks,
Abdullah H Baqui,
Robert F. Breiman,
David A. Sack,
Stephen P. Luby
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 - 10.1086/596543
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , pediatrics , meningitis , population , bacteremia , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , streptococcus pneumoniae , blood culture , pneumococcal vaccine , disease surveillance , disease , epidemiology , public health , environmental health , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , nursing
Streptococcus pneumoniae infection is recognized as a global priority public health problem, and conjugate vaccines have been shown to prevent vaccine-type invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children. However, better estimates of the disease burden and reliable population-based data on serotype composition are needed for vaccine development and implementation in developing countries.
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