Surveillance of bacterial meningitis in an Angolan pediatric hospital after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines

• Main Authors: Suvi Urtti (Author), Manuel L. Cruzeiro (Author), Linda de Gouveia (Author), Heikki Peltola (Author), Anne von Gottberg (Author), Moe H. Kyaw (Author), Tuula Pelkonen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Inishmore Laser Scientific Publishing Ltd, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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# Background Bacterial meningitis (BM) is a significant cause of mortality in children; with deaths from BM in children aged \<5 years in Angola estimated at 2395 in 2015. *Streptococcus pneumoniae* is one causative agent for BM in young children, and Angola introduced routine immunization with a...