Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage prevalence in Nepal: evaluation of a method for delayed transport of samples from remote regions and implications for vaccine implementation.

Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage prevalence in Nepal: evaluation of a method for delayed transport of samples from remote regions and implications for vaccine implementation.

Pneumococcal disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in young children in Nepal, and currently available pneumococcal conjugate vaccines offer moderate coverage of invasive disease isolates.A prevalence study of children aged 1.5 to 24 months in urban and rural Nepal was conducted....

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Main Authors: Sarah Hanieh, Mainga Hamaluba, Dominic F Kelly, Jane A Metz, Kelly L Wyres, Roberta Fisher, Rahul Pradhan, Disuja Shakya, Lochan Shrestha, Amrita Shrestha, Anip Joshi, Jocelyn Habens, Bishnu D Maharjan, Stephen Thorson, Erik Bohler, Ly-Mee Yu, Sarah Kelly, Emma Plested, Tessa John, Anja M Werno, Neelam Adhikari, David R Murdoch, Angela B Brueggemann, Andrew J Pollard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4048273?pdf=render

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