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Pneumococcal Carriage in Children under Five Years in Uganda-Will Present Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Be Appropriate?
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is the major cause of death in children globally, with more than 900,000 deaths annually in children under five years of age. Streptococcus pneumoniae causes most deaths, most often in the form of community acquired pneumonia. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are currentl...
Autores principales: | Lindstrand, Ann, Kalyango, Joan, Alfvén, Tobias, Darenberg, Jessica, Kadobera, Daniel, Bwanga, Freddie, Peterson, Stefan, Henriques-Normark, Birgitta, Källander, Karin |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102345/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27829063 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166018 |
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