Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in the Western Region, The Gambia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-28

  Usen, Stanley ^a   Adegbola, Richard ^a   Mulholland, Kim ^a,b   Jaffar, Shabbar ^a   Hilton, Stephen ^a   Oparaugo, Anslem ^a   Omosigho, Charles ^a   Lahai, George ^a   Corrah, Tumani ^a   Palmer, Ayo ^c   Schneider, Gisela ^d   Weber, Martin ^a   Greenwood, Brian ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^d WEC Mission Hospital   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Children; Pneumococcus; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL DISEASES; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; GAMBIA; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; INFECTIONS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MEASUREMENT; NONMETROPOLITAN POPULATION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDIES; WESTERN AFRICA; YOUTH;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0031951747     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199801000-00006     Document Type: Article

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