Uncovering pneumococcal disease burden in Bangladesh

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 793-794

  Flannery, Brendan ^a,b   Whitney, Cynthia G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

INCILARIN A, INCILARIA FRUHSTORFERI; LECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 42949154434     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.793     Document Type: Editorial

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