Epidemiology and risk factors for pneumonia severity and mortality in Bangladeshi children <5 years of age before 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction

Epidemiology and risk factors for pneumonia severity and mortality in Bangladeshi children <5 years of age before 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction

Abstract Background Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of morbidity and mortality in young children in Bangladesh. We present the epidemiology of pneumonia in Bangladeshi children <5 years before 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction and investigate factors associated with...

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Main Authors: Shampa Saha, Md Hasan, Lindsay Kim, Jennifer L. Farrar, Belal Hossain, Maksuda Islam, ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed, M. Ruhul Amin, Mohammed Hanif, Manzoor Hussain, Shams El-Arifeen, Cynthia G. Whitney, Samir K. Saha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-12-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Pneumonia
Epidemiology
Severity
Mortality
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3897-9

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