An outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis among older children (≥5 years) and adults after the implementation of an infant vaccination programme with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Ghana

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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in infants and children under 5 years of age: WHO position paper –February 2019 ─ Vaccins antipneumococciques conjugués chez les nourrissons et les enfants de moins de 5 ans: note de synthèse de l’OMS – février 2019

Cited by World Health Organization on 22 Feb 2019

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Weekly Epidemiological Record, 2019, vol. 94, 08 [‎full issue]‎

Cited by World Health Organization on 22 Feb 2019

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Continued occurrence of serotype 1 pneumococcal meningitis in two regions located in the meningitis belt in Ghana five years after introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Cited by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on 07 Sep 2018

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