Establishment of population-based surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease in Bangalore, India

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 498-507

  Shah, Aparna ^a,d   Nisarga, Ramnilinga ^b   Ravi Kumar, K ^b   Hubler, Robin ^c   Herrera, Guillermo ^c   Kilgore, Paul ^a  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b Kempegowda Institute of Medical Science   (India)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Epidemiology; India; S. pneumoniae; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 76549118553     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.58879     Document Type: Article

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