Radiographically confirmed pneumonia in Malawian children and associated pneumococcal carriage after introduction of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Carriage of S. pneumoniae remains high among children hospitalized with ARI in Malawi, but children with VT carriage were no more likely to have PEP than children carrying no pneumococcus or those with NVT carriage. There were no differences in clinical characteristics between those carrying VT, NVT, or no pneumococcus.
Authors
- Laura Newberry
- James Chirombo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3132-3710)
- Robert S. Heyderman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4573-449X)
- Victoria Mukhula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6304-4412)
- Pui‐Ying Iroh Tam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3682-8892)
- Mohamed Jalloh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2190-328X)
- Grace Wezi Mzumara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8132-1620)
- Naor Bar‐Zeev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0570-4624)
- Amir Kirolos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2995-330X)
- Philliness Prisca Harawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0187-4637)
- Richard Wachepa
- Todd D. Swarthout (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5285-7039)
- Neil French (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9376-3482)
- Olawale Ogunlade
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of Malawi (MW)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MW)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- University College London (GB)
- International Committee of the Red Cross (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pneumonia
- Published
- 2024-10-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s41479-024-00147-7
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Wellcome Trust
- National Institute for Health and Care Research