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Streptococcus pneumoniae Carriage Prevalence in Nepal: Evaluation of a Method for Delayed Transport of Samples from Remote Regions and Implications for Vaccine Implementation

BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in young children in Nepal, and currently available pneumococcal conjugate vaccines offer moderate coverage of invasive disease isolates. METHODS: A prevalence study of children aged 1.5 to 24 months in urban and rura...

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Autores principales: Hanieh, Sarah, Hamaluba, Mainga, Kelly, Dominic F., Metz, Jane A., Wyres, Kelly L., Fisher, Roberta, Pradhan, Rahul, Shakya, Disuja, Shrestha, Lochan, Shrestha, Amrita, Joshi, Anip, Habens, Jocelyn, Maharjan, Bishnu D., Thorson, Stephen, Bohler, Erik, Yu, Ly-Mee, Kelly, Sarah, Plested, Emma, John, Tessa, Werno, Anja M., Adhikari, Neelam, Murdoch, David R., Brueggemann, Angela B., Pollard, Andrew J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4048273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098739