Behind the data: Establishing the network for surveillance of pneumococcal disease in the East African Region

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Amos, Ben ^a   Kisakye, Annet ^c   Makewa, Douglas ^e   Mudhune, Sandra ^e,f   Mwamtemi, Hadija ^b   Nansera, Dennis ^d   Ngwiri, Thomas ^h   Wamae, Maranga ^f   English, Mike ^g,i  

^a Teule Hospital   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c Uganda Expanded Programme of Immunizations   (Uganda)

^d Mbarara University Teaching Hospital   (Uganda)

^e KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^f Network for Surveillance of Pneumococcal Disease in the East African Region   (Kenya)

^g KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^h Embu Provincial Hospital   (Kenya)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; AFRICA; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHOLERA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FUNDING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALARIA; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA, EASTERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 61849086719     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596496     Document Type: Review

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