Hospital-based surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease among young children in urban Nepal
Background. <em>Streptococcus pneumoniae</em> is a leading cause of pneumonia and meningitis in young children. Before implementation of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in developing countries, there is an urgent need to provide regional epidemiological data on pneumococcal disease am...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2009
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