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
January 2017
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ISSN
1080-6040Abstract
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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