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Emerg Infect Dis
; 23(8): 1404-1408, 2017 08.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28726625
RESUMO
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.