Hospital-based Surveillance for Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis in the Era of the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Ghana
Author(s) -
Lorna Renner,
Effua Usuf,
Nuredin Mohammed,
Daniel Ansong,
Thomas Dankwah,
Jonas Tettey Kusah,
Sandra Kwarteng Owusu,
Marah Awunyo,
Bernard Arhin,
Yvonne Addo,
John Asamoah,
Joseph Nsiari-Muzeyi Biey,
Peter Slyvanus Ndow,
Archibald Worwui,
Madikay Senghore,
Bernard Ntsama,
Jason M. Mwenda,
Stanley Diamenu,
Brenda Kwanbana Adams,
Martín Antonio
Publication year - 2019
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 - 10.1093/cid/ciz464
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , meningitis , bacterial meningitis , streptococcus pneumoniae , conjugate vaccine , conjugate , pneumococcal disease , virology , pediatrics , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , immunization , antibody , antibiotics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , biology
Global surveillance for vaccine preventable invasive bacterial diseases has been set up by the World Health Organization to provide disease burden data to support decisions on introducing pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV). We present data from 2010 to 2016 collected at the 2 sentinel sites in Ghana.
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