Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other respiratory bacterial pathogens in low and lower-middle income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Adegbola, Richard A ^a   DeAntonio, Rodrigo ^a   Hill, Philip C ^b,c   Roca, Anna ^b   Usuf, Effua ^b   Hoet, Bernard ^a   Greenwood, Brian M ^d  

^a GSK   (Belgium)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL CARRIAGE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INCOME; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OROPHARYNX; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEROGROUP; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905500516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103293     Document Type: Article

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