Prospective multi-centre sentinel surveillance for Haemophilus influenzae type b & other bacterial meningitis in Indian children

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 712-720

  Ramachandran, Padmanabhan ^a   Fitzwater, Sean Patrick ^b   Aneja, Satinder ^c   Verghese, Valsan Philip ^d   Kumar, Vishwajeet ^e,f   Nedunchelian, Krishnamoorthy ^a   Wadhwa, Nitya ^g   Veeraraghavan, Balaji ^d   Kumar, Rashmi ^h   Meeran, Mohamed ^a   Kapil, Arti ^g   Jasmine, Sudha ^d   Kumar, Aarti ^e,f   Suresh, Saradha ^a   Bhatnagar, Shinjini ^g   Thomas, Kurien ^d   Awasthi, Shally ^h   Santosham, Mathuram ^b   Chandran, Aruna ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

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

^c KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^d CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e Community Empowerment Lab ^*  (India)

^f The INCLEN Trust International   (India)

^g ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^h KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae type B; Meningitis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HERD IMMUNITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84877769468     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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