Diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease among children in Kenya with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for immunoglobulin G antibodies to pneumococcal surface adhesin A
Scott JA;Mlacha Z;Nyiro J;Njenga S;Lewa P;Obiero J;Otieno H;Sampson JS;Carlone GM;;
clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology2005Vol. 12pp. -
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ja2005clinicaldiagnosis
Abstract
Diagnostic techniques for invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children are insensitive and underestimate both the burden of disease and the cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV). Consequently, there is little demand for the highly effective PCV outside the United States a …