Risk for Death among Children with Pneumonia, Afghanistan
- 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
Publication date
August 2017
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Abstract
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
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