Risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease among children less than 5 years of age in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2010 to 2012.

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Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) causes significant disease burden, especially in developing countries, even in the era of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and maternal-to-child HIV transmission prevention programs. We evaluated factors that might increase IPD risk in young children in a high HIV prevalence setting.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.

Title: The Pediatric infectious disease journal

ISSN (Electronic): 1532-0987

ISSN (Print): 0891-3668

Publication date (Electronic): Jan 2015

Volume: 34

Issue: 1

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[1 ] From the *Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service; †School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand; ‡Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa; §Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Gauteng, South Africa; ¶Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand; ‖Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; **Dr George Mukhari Hospital, Paediatrics Department, Medunsa University, Gauteng, South Africa; ††Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, and the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape; ‡‡Universitas and Pelonomi Hospitals, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa; §§Tygerberg Hospital and Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; ¶¶ National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and ‖‖Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

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DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000484

PubMed ID: 24992122

SO-VID: 4a224b49-82c1-4324-80da-d4578127e1f6

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