Baseline incidence of meningitis, malaria, mortality and other health outcomes in infants and young sub-Saharan African children prior to the introduction of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine

Baseline incidence of meningitis, malaria, mortality and other health outcomes in infants and young sub-Saharan African children prior to the introduction of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine

Abstract Background The lack of background disease incidence rates in sub-Saharan countries where the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine is being implemented may hamper the assessment of vaccine safety and effectiveness. This study aimed to document baseline incidence rates of meningitis, malaria, mortalit...

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Main Author: The RTS,S Epidemiology EPI-MAL-002 Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum
Adverse event
Meningitis
Mortality
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03670-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03670-w

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