Prevalence of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine administration and incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in children in Jamaica aged over 4 years with sickle cell disease diagnosed by newborn screening

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-202

  Hardie, R ^a   King, L ^a   Fraser, R ^a   Reid, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN SCREENING; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEPSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAMAICA; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349897127     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249309X12467994693851     Document Type: Article

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