An outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis among older children (≥5 years) and adults after the implementation of an infant vaccination programme with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Ghana

BACKGROUND: An outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis among non-infant children and adults occurred in the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana between December 2015 and April 2016 despite the recent nationwide implementation of a vaccination programme for infants with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vacci...

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Autores principales: Kwambana-Adams, Brenda Anna, Asiedu-Bekoe, Franklin, Sarkodie, Badu, Afreh, Osei Kuffour, Kuma, George Khumalo, Owusu-Okyere, Godfred, Foster-Nyarko, Ebenezer, Ohene, Sally-Ann, Okot, Charles, Worwui, Archibald Kwame, Okoi, Catherine, Senghore, Madikay, Otu, Jacob Kweku, Ebruke, Chinelo, Bannerman, Richard, Amponsa-Achiano, Kwame, Opare, David, Kay, Gemma, Letsa, Timothy, Kaluwa, Owen, Appiah-Denkyira, Ebenezer, Bampoe, Victor, Zaman, Syed M. A., Pallen, Mark J., D’Alessandro, Umberto, Mwenda, Jason M., Antonio, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5070171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27756235
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1914-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5070171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27756235
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1914-3

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