An outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis among older children (≥5 years) and adults after the implementation of an infant vaccination programme with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Ghana-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

An outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis among older children (≥5 years) and adults after the implementation of an infant vaccination programme with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Ghana

Published:2016-10-18 Issue:1 Volume:16 Page:
ISSN:1471-2334
Container-title:BMC Infectious Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:BMC Infect Dis

Author:

Kwambana-Adams Brenda Anna,Asiedu-Bekoe Franklin,Sarkodie Badu,Afreh Osei Kuffour,Kuma George Khumalo,Owusu-Okyere Godfred,Foster-Nyarko Ebenezer,Ohene Sally-Ann,Okot Charles,Worwui Archibald Kwame,Okoi Catherine,Senghore Madikay,Otu Jacob Kweku,Ebruke Chinelo,Bannerman Richard,Amponsa-Achiano Kwame,Opare David,Kay Gemma,Letsa Timothy,Kaluwa Owen,Appiah-Denkyira Ebenezer,Bampoe Victor,Zaman Syed M. A.,Pallen Mark J.,D’Alessandro Umberto,Mwenda Jason M.,Antonio Martin

Funder

Medical Research Council (GB)

World health organisation

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Infectious Diseases

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12879-016-1914-3.pdf

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