Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage prevalence in Nepal: Evaluation of a method for delayed transport of samples from remote regions and implications for vaccine implementation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Hanieh, Sarah ^a,b   Hamaluba, Mainga ^a,b   Kelly, Dominic F ^a   Metz, Jane A ^a,b   Wyres, Kelly L ^c   Fisher, Roberta ^c   Pradhan, Rahul ^b   Shakya, Disuja ^b   Shrestha, Lochan ^b   Shrestha, Amrita ^b   Joshi, Anip ^b   Habens, Jocelyn ^b   Maharjan, Bishnu D ^b   Thorson, Stephen ^b   Bohler, Erik ^d   Yu, Ly Mee ^a   Kelly, Sarah ^a   Plested, Emma ^a   John, Tessa ^a   Werno, Anja M ^e,f   Adhikari, Neelam ^b   Murdoch, David R ^e,f   Brueggemann, Angela B ^c   Pollard, Andrew J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Patan Academy of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Okhaldhunga Community Hospital   (Nepal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; SILICON DIOXIDE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MILK; NASOPHARYNX; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HETEROZYGOTE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SEROTYPING; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROTYPING; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84902579143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098739     Document Type: Article

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