Pneumococcal serotypes and serogroups causing invasive disease in Pakistan, 2005-2013

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Shakoor, Sadia ^a   Kabir, Furqan ^a   Khowaja, Asif R ^a   Qureshi, Shahida M ^a   Jehan, Fyezah ^a   Qamar, Farah ^a   Whitney, Cynthia G ^b   Zaidi, Anita K M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PREVENAR13; VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAKISTAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SEROGROUP; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINES, CONJUGATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902491572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098796     Document Type: Article

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