High rate of antibiotic resistance among pneumococci carried by healthy children in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Main Authors: Archippe M. Birindwa (Author), Matilda Emgård (Author), Rickard Nordén (Author), Ebba Samuelsson (Author), Shadi Geravandi (Author), Lucia Gonzales-Siles (Author), Balthazar Muhigirwa (Author), Théophile Kashosi (Author), Eric Munguakonkwa (Author), Jeanière T. Manegabe (Author), Didace Cibicabene (Author), Lambert Morisho (Author), Benjamin Mwambanyi (Author), Jacques Mirindi (Author), Nadine Kabeza (Author), Magnus Lindh (Author), Rune Andersson (Author), Susann Skovbjerg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines have been introduced in the infant immunisation programmes in many countries to reduce the rate of fatal pneumococcal infections. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) a 13-valent vaccine (PCV13) was introduced in 2013. Data on the bur...