Measurement of pneumococcal IgG antibody, carriage and infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae in children under five years of age with acute respiratory infection in Niger

• Main Authors: Dan D. Ibrahim (Author), Sani Ousmane (Author), Kamayé Moumouni (Author), Ali E. Mahamane (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Elsevier, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Pneumonia is the major cause of mortality in children under five years.A total of 751 children aged 1-59 months admitted for acute respiratory infection were included in this study. Pneumococcal serum IgG antibody was determined by ELISA. Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae was determined by molecu...