A pragmatic health centre-based evaluation comparing the effectiveness of a PCV13 schedule change from 3+0 to 2+1 in a high pneumococcal carriage and disease burden setting in Malawi: a study protocol

INTRODUCTION: Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is commonly carried as a commensal bacterium in the nasopharynx but can cause life-threatening disease. Transmission occurs by human respiratory droplets and interruption of this process provides herd immunity. A 2017 WHO Consultation on Opti...

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Autores principales: Swarthout, Todd D, Ibarz-Pavon, Ana, Kawalazira, Gift, Sinjani, George, Chirombo, James, Gori, Andrea, Chalusa, Peter, Bonomali, Farouck, Nyirenda, Roseline, Bulla, Edwin, Brown, Comfort, Msefula, Jacquline, Banda, Marjory, Kachala, Jean, Mwansambo, Charles, Henrion, Marc YR, Gordon, Stephen B, French, Neil, Heyderman, Robert S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Materias:
Infectious Diseases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8212416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34140345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050312

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8212416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34140345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050312

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