Pneumococci in the African meningitis belt: meningitis incidence and carriage prevalence in children and adults.

Pneumococci in the African meningitis belt: meningitis incidence and carriage prevalence in children and adults.

<h4>Background</h4>The development of optimal vaccination strategies for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines requires serotype-specific data on disease incidence and carriage prevalence. This information is lacking for the African meningitis belt.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted hosp...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Judith E Mueller, Seydou Yaro, Macaire S Ouédraogo, Natalia Levina, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Haoua Tall, Régina S Idohou, Oumarou Sanou, Sita S Kroman, Aly Drabo, Boubacar Nacro, Athanase Millogo, Mark van der Linden, Bradford D Gessner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23285051/?tool=EBI

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23285051/?tool=EBI

Similar Items