Monitoring the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines into west africa: Design and implementation of a population-based surveillance system

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mackenzie, Grant A ^a   Plumb, Ian D ^a   Sambou, Sana ^b   Saha, Debasish ^a   Uchendu, Uchendu ^a   Akinsola, Bolanle ^a   Ikumapayi, Usman N ^a   Baldeh, Ignatius ^a   Usuf, Effua ^a,b   Touray, Kebba ^a   Jasseh, Momodou ^a   Howie, Stephen R C ^a   Wattiaux, Andre ^a   Lee, Ellen ^c   Knoll, Maria Deloria ^c   Levine, Orin S ^c   Greenwood, Brian M ^d   Adegbola, Richard A ^a,e   Hill, Philip C ^a,f  

^a MRC Unit Fajara and Basse stations   (South Africa)

^b Disease Control Programme Department of State for Health   (South Africa)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; RADIOLOGICAL PNEUMONIA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEPTICEMIA; STAFF TRAINING; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; NURSE; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); GAMBIA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NURSES; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAMPLE SIZE; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 84856466423     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001161     Document Type: Article

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