Progress and Future Challenges in Coordinated Surveillance and Detection of Pneumococcal and Hib Disease in Developing Countries
Open Access
- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 48 (s2) , S33-S36
- https://doi.org/10.1086/596479
Abstract
Over the past 20 years, numerous research projects and surveillance studies have led to the recognition that bacterial meningitis, sepsis, and pneumonia are common and severe causes of childhood illness and death in developing countries [1–5]. With recent advances in vaccine development and increases in financing, most of these serious bacterial infections are preventable [6, 7]. Expanded access to appropriate antibiotics for effective case management makes those infections largely treatable as well [8].Keywords
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