Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage prevalence in Nepal: evaluation of a method for delayed transport of samples from remote regions and implications for vaccine implementation
Background 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. Methods A prevalence study of children aged 1.5 to 24 months in urban and rural...
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Materiálatiipa: | Journal article |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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