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Continued occurrence of serotype 1 pneumococcal meningitis in two regions located in the meningitis belt in Ghana five years after introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

BACKGROUND: Increases in pneumococcal meningitis were reported from Ghanaian regions that lie in the meningitis belt in 2016–2017, despite introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in 2012 using a 3-dose schedule (6, 10, and 14 weeks). We describe pneumococcal meningitis epide...

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Autores principales: Bozio, Catherine H., Abdul-Karim, Abass, Abenyeri, John, Abubakari, Braimah, Ofosu, Winfred, Zoya, Justina, Ouattara, Mahamoudou, Srinivasan, Velusamy, Vuong, Jeni T., Opare, David, Asiedu-Bekoe, Franklin, Lessa, Fernanda C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6128537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30192772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203205