Risk for Death among Children with Pneumonia, Afghanistan

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Zabihullah, Rahmani ; Dhoubhadel, Bhim G. ; Rauf, Ferogh A. ; Shafiq, Sahab A. ; Suzuki, Motoi ; Watanabe, Kiwao ; Yoshida, Lay M. ; Yasunami, Michio ; Zabihullah, Salihi ; Parry, Christopher M. ; Mirwais, Rabi ; Ariyoshi, Koya
• Description:
  In Afghanistan, childhood deaths from pneumonia are high. Among 639 children at 1 hospital, the case-fatality rate was 12.1%, and 46.8% of pneumococcal serotypes detected were covered by the 13-valent vaccine. Most deaths occurred within 2 days of hospitalization; newborns and malnourished children were at risk. Vaccination could reduce pneumonia and deaths.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Female Hospitalization Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Mortality Odds Ratio Pneumococcal Vaccines Pneumonia Risk Risk Factors Serogroup Streptococcus Pneumoniae

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(8):1404-1408.
• Pubmed ID:
  28726625
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5547795
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Afghanistan
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:291e374984a7ce7229eca35fb16bb9f91670cf10287ad05d857e4c3a06b1b4e2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/47379/cdc_47379_DS1.pdf
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