Pre-vaccination nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage in a Nigerian population: epidemiology and population biology.

<h4>Background</h4>Introduction of pneumococcal vaccines in Nigeria is a priority as part of the Accelerated Vaccine Introduction Initiative (AVI) of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI). However, country data on the burden of pneumococcal disease (IPD) is limited and...

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Main Authors: Ifedayo M O Adetifa, Martin Antonio, Christy A N Okoromah, Chinelo Ebruke, Victor Inem, David Nsekpong, Abdoulie Bojang, Richard A Adegbola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22291984/pdf/?tool=EBI