Open AccessThe Etiology of Childhood Pneumonia in The Gambia
Author(s) -
W. Abdullah Brooks,
Khalequ Zaman,
Doli Goswami,
Christine Prosperi,
Hubert P. Endtz,
Lokman Hossain,
Mustafizur Rahman,
Dilruba Ahmed,
Mohammed Ziaur Rahman,
Sayera Banu,
Arif Uddin Shikder,
Yasmin Jahan,
Kamrun Nahar,
Mohammod Jobayer Chisti,
Mohammed Yunus,
Muhammad Alfazal Khan,
Fariha Bushra Matin,
Razib Mazumder,
Mohammad Shahriar Bin Elahi,
Md. Khaled Saifullah,
Muntasir Alam,
Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahid,
Fahim Haque,
Sabiha Sultana,
Melissa M Higdon,
Meredith Haddix,
Daniel R. Feikin,
David R. Murdoch,
Laura L. Hammitt,
Katherine L. O’Brien,
Maria Deloria Knoll
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002766
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , streptococcus pneumoniae , pneumonia , sputum , haemophilus influenzae , bacterial pneumonia , epidemiology , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , immunology , tuberculosis , pathology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , physics , optics
Pneumonia remains the leading cause of death in young children globally. The changing epidemiology of pneumonia requires up-to-date data to guide both case management and prevention programs. The Gambia study site contributed a high child mortality, high pneumonia incidence, low HIV prevalence, Haemophilus influenzae type b and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines-vaccinated rural West African setting to the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study.