Childhood pneumococcal disease burden in Argentina
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Childhood pneumococcal disease burden in Argentina.
OBJECTIVES To understand the disease burden of pneumococcal disease (PD), a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in Argentina, and to draw a baseline against which the need for and effectiveness of vaccination with pneumococcal conjugate vaccines might be measured. METHODS A Markov model was constructed to estimate incidence and mortality rates of PD-meningitis (MEN), bacteremia/s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1020-4989
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892009000500007