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Paediatric lung disease
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Effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against presumed bacterial pneumonia hospitalisation in HIV-uninfected South African children: a case–control study
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  • Shabir A Madhi Medical Research Council: Respiratory & Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of National Health Laboratory Service, Center for Vaccines and Immunology, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michelle J Groome Medical Research Council: Respiratory & Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Heather J Zar Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Constant N Kapongo Ngwelezane Hospital, University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christine Mulligan Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Susan Nzenze Medical Research Council: Respiratory & Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David P Moore Medical Research Council: Respiratory & Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Elizabeth R Zell Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Cynthia G Whitney Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jennifer R Verani Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Shabir A Madhi, National Institute for Communicable Diseases 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham, Gauteng 2131, South Africa; shabirm{at}nicd.ac.za
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Citation

Madhi SA, Groome MJ, Zar HJ, et al
Effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against presumed bacterial pneumonia hospitalisation in HIV-uninfected South African children: a case–control study
Thorax 2015;70:1149-1155.

Publication history

  • Received November 19, 2014
  • Revised May 22, 2015
  • Accepted May 29, 2015
  • First published June 19, 2015.
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October 31, 2022

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