Pneumococci in the African Meningitis Belt: Meningitis Incidence and Carriage Prevalence in Children and Adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Mueller, Judith E ^a,e   Yaro, Seydou ^b   Ouédraogo, Macaire S ^c   Levina, Natalia ^d   Njanpop Lafourcade, Berthe Marie ^a   Tall, Haoua ^a   Idohou, Régina S ^a   Sanou, Oumarou ^a   Kroman, Sita S ^a   Drabo, Aly ^b   Nacro, Boubacar ^c   Millogo, Athanase ^c   van der Linden, Mark ^d   Gessner, Bradford D ^a  

^a Agence de Medecine Preventive   (France)

^b CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sourou Sanou   (Burkina Faso)

^d GNRC Streptococci   (Germany)

^e EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKINA FASO; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; NASOPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84871420387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052464     Document Type: Article

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