National, regional, and state-level burden of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in children in India: modelled estimates for 2000-15

• Main Authors: Brian Wahl, PhD (Author), Apoorva Sharan, ScM (Author), Maria Deloria Knoll, PhD (Author), Rajesh Kumar, ProfMD (Author), Li Liu, PhD (Author), Yue Chu, MSPH (Author), David A McAllister, MD (Author), Harish Nair, ProfPhD (Author), Harry Campbell, ProfMD (Author), Igor Rudan, ProfMD (Author), Usha Ram, ProfPhD (Author), Molly Sauer, MPH (Author), Anita Shet, MD (Author), Robert Black, ProfMD (Author), Mathuram Santosham, ProfMD (Author), Katherine L O'Brien, ProfMD (Author), Narendra K Arora, ProfMD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: India accounts for a disproportionate burden of global childhood illnesses. To inform policies and measure progress towards achieving child health targets, we estimated the annual national and state-specific childhood mortality and morbidity attributable to Streptococcus pneumon...