Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype-2 childhood meningitis in Bangladesh: a newly recognized pneumococcal infection threat.

Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype-2 childhood meningitis in Bangladesh: a newly recognized pneumococcal infection threat.

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of meningitis in countries where pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) targeting commonly occurring serotypes are not routinely used. However, effectiveness of PCV would be jeopardized by emergence of invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD) caused...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Samir K Saha, Hassan M Al Emran, Belal Hossain, Gary L Darmstadt, Senjuti Saha, Maksuda Islam, Atique I Chowdhury, Dona Foster, Aliya Naheed, Shams El Arifeen, Abdullah H Baqui, Shamim A Qazi, Stephen P Luby, Robert F Breiman, Mathuram Santosham, Robert E Black, Derrick W Crook, Pneumococcal Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3316528?pdf=render

Internet

http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3316528?pdf=render

Similar Items