Invasive pneumococcal disease in children <5 years of age in rural Mozambique

• Published in: Tropical medicine & international health 2006-09, Vol.11 (9), p.1422-1431
• Main Authors: Roca, A., Sigaúque, B., Quintó, Ll, Mandomando, I., Vallès, X., Espasa, M., Abacassamo, F., Sacarlal, J., Macete, E., Nhacolo, A., Levine, M., Alonso, P.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Africa; Afrique; Age Distribution; Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Child, Preschool; Chloramphenicol - therapeutic use; clinical presentation; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Epidemiology; Female; General aspects; Humans; Incidence; incidencia; Infant; Infectious diseases; invasive pneumococcal disease; IPD; maladie pneumococcique invasive (IPD); Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical sciences; Meningitis, Pneumococcal - drug therapy; Meningitis, Pneumococcal - epidemiology; Mozambique - epidemiology; Neumococo; Pediatrics; Penicillins - therapeutic use; Pneumococcal Infections - drug therapy; Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology; Pneumococcus; Pneumonia; Pneumonia - drug therapy; Pneumonia - epidemiology; Population Surveillance - methods; presentación clínica; Prospective Studies; présentation clinique; Risk Factors; Rural Health; Sex Distribution; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination - therapeutic use; África
• ISSN: 1360-2276; 1365-3156
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01697.x

Summary Objectives  To estimate the incidence and epidemiological characteristics of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children