Continued occurrence of serotype 1 pneumococcal meningitis in two regions located in the meningitis belt in Ghana five years after introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

Continued occurrence of serotype 1 pneumococcal meningitis in two regions located in the meningitis belt in Ghana five years after introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

BACKGROUND:Increases in pneumococcal meningitis were reported from Ghanaian regions that lie in the meningitis belt in 2016-2017, despite introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in 2012 using a 3-dose schedule (6, 10, and 14 weeks). We describe pneumococcal meningitis epidem...

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Main Authors: Catherine H Bozio, Abass Abdul-Karim, John Abenyeri, Braimah Abubakari, Winfred Ofosu, Justina Zoya, Mahamoudou Ouattara, Velusamy Srinivasan, Jeni T Vuong, David Opare, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Fernanda C Lessa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6128537?pdf=render

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