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Caregivers' knowledge, attitude, and perception toward pneumococcal infection prophylaxis in pediatric sickle cell disease patients in Kumasi, Ghana

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Pneumococcal infection prophylaxis (PIP) is necessary for children with sickle cell disease (SCD) due to the enhanced risk of pneumococcal infections and associated mortalities. PIP measures include periodic administration of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), twice‐daily adm...

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Autores principales: Doe, Elom, Nguah, Samuel B., Mensah, Kofi B., Buabeng, Kwame O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10618434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37920656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1665