Pneumococcal carriage in sub-Saharan Africa--a systematic review.

<h4>Background</h4>Pneumococcal epidemiology varies geographically and few data are available from the African continent. We assess pneumococcal carriage from studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) before and after the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) era.<h4>Methods<...

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Main Authors: Effua Usuf, Christian Bottomley, Richard A Adegbola, Andrew Hall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24465464/?tool=EBI