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Walt Orenstein, Manisha Patel, Paul A Gastañaduy, Paul A. Rota, Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, James L. Goodson
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
The global measles vaccination program has been extraordinarily successful in reducing measles-related disease and deaths worldwide. Eradication of measles is feasible because of several key attributes, including humans as the only reservoir for the
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Bertrand Meda, Edouard Betsem, Lesley McGee, Seydou Yaro, Flavien Aké, Félix Tarbangdo, Berthe Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Brice Bicaba, Jennifer C. Moïsi, Cynthia G. Whitney, Srinivasan Velusamy, Alain Gervaix, Lassané Kaboré, Chris A. Van Beneden, Soumeya Ouangraoua, Bradford D Gessner, Tolulope Adebanjo
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Background Burkina Faso, a country in Africa’s meningitis belt, introduced 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in October 2013, with 3 primary doses given at 8, 12 and 16 weeks of age. To assess whether the new PCV13 program controlled
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Jacqueline Sánchez, Fernanda C. Lessa, Maria G Dunn, Kristen A. Feemster, Ramona Cordero, Maria da Gloria Carvalho, Jesús Feris-Iglesias, Josefina Fernández, Doraliza Cedano
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Background Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) leads to thousands of pediatric deaths annually. Pneumococcal colonization precedes IPD. In 2013, the Dominican Republic introduced the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) into its routine i
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Goitom Weldegebriel, Evans Mulendele, Jason M. Mwenda, Linda de Gouveia, Evans M. Mpabalwani, Reggis Katsande, Belem Matapo, Raphael Chanda, Chileshe Lukwesa-Musyani, Elizabeth Chizema-Kawesha, Kaunda Yamba, Ruth Nakazwe, James Mwansa
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Background Despite the availability of vaccines, invasive bacterial diseases remain a public health concern and cause childhood morbidity and mortality. We investigated the characteristics of etiological agents causing bacterial meningitis in childre
Autor:
Bradford D Gessner, Mark A. Fletcher, Kaatje Bollaerts, Marc Baay, Germaine Hanquet, Jose A Suaya
Publikováno v:
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 74:1362-1371
Background Vaccine regulatory decision making is based on vaccine efficacy against etiologically confirmed outcomes, which may underestimate the preventable disease burden. To quantify this underestimation, we compared vaccine-preventable disease inc
Publikováno v:
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 76:2717-2724
Background Acute otitis media (AOM) is a common cause for antibiotic prescription. Most guidelines endorse abstaining from immediate antibiotic treatment (‘watchful waiting’, WW) in mild–moderate episodes. We studied adherence rates to the late
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Liana R. Andronescu, Julie Gutman, Ankur Markand Sharma, Ingrid Peterson, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Miriam K. Laufer, Martin Kachingwe, Don P. Mathanga, Witness Kachepa, Yuanyuan Liang
Publikováno v:
J Infect Dis
Background Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy (IPTp) with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) provides greater protection from placental malaria than sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP). Some studies suggest placental malaria al
Autor:
Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Caren Rose, Ariana Saatchi, Fawziah Marra, Nirma Khatri Vadlamudi, David M. Patrick
Publikováno v:
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 76:2419-2427
Background Numerous studies have characterized the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) programme’s beneficial effects on acute otitis media (AOM) and acute sinusitis (AS) rates in children; however, few studies have examined the impact
Autor:
E. Kelly Callahan, Ambahun Chernet, Travis C. Porco, Benjamin F. Arnold, Solomon Aragie, Dagnachew Hailu, Adane Dagnew, Scott D. Nash, Jeremy D. Keenan, Thomas M. Lietman, Zerihun Tadesse, Dionna M Wittberg, Taye Zeru, Mahteme Haile, Jason S Melo
Publikováno v:
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, vol 73, iss 6
Clin Infect Dis
Clin Infect Dis
Background Current guidelines recommend community-wide mass azithromycin for trachoma, but a targeted treatment strategy could reduce the volume of antibiotics required. Methods In total, 48 Ethiopian communities were randomized to mass, targeted, or
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Anna Goncé, L. Guirado, Laura García-Otero, Eduard Gratacós, Laura Salazar, Fatima Crispi, Claudia Fortuny, Marta López, Brenda Valenzuela-Alcaraz, Sergi Cesar
Publikováno v:
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 73:586-593
Background We aimed to assess the postnatal pattern of cardiovascular remodeling associated with intrauterine exposure to maternal HIV and antiretroviral treatment (ART). Methods Prospective cohort including 34 HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) infants an