Pneumococcal carriage in sub-Saharan Africa - A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Usuf, Effua ^a   Bottomley, Christian ^b   Adegbola, Richard A ^c   Hall, Andrew ^b  

^a Vaccinology Department Medical Research Council Unit   (Gambia)

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

^c GSK   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; VACCINE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINES, CONJUGATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905479160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085001     Document Type: Article

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