Background The annual number of hospital admissions and in-hospital deaths due to
severe acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in young children worldwide is unknown …

Abstract In 2003 the World Health Organization (WHO) convened a working group and
published a set of standard methods for studies measuring nasopharyngeal carriage of …

Background Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and Haemophilus influenzae type b
(Hib) vaccine are now used in most countries. To monitor global and regional progress …

Summary Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD)
Study 2015 provides an up-to-date analysis of the burden of lower respiratory tract infections …

Background Incidence estimates of hospitalizations for community-acquired pneumonia
among children in the United States that are based on prospective data collection are …

Childhood pneumonia is the leading single cause of mortality in children aged less than 5
years. The incidence in this age group is estimated to be 0.29 episodes per child-year in …

Background Pneumonia, caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, is a major cause of
morbidity and mortality among children in low‐income countries. The effectiveness of …

Background. We identified factors associated with pneumococcal colonization, high
colonization density, and invasive pneumococcal pneumonia among patients hospitalized …

Background. Antibiotic-nonsusceptible invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) decreased
substantially after the US introduction of the pediatric 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate …

Pneumonia remains the leading cause of childhood mortality and the most common reason
for adult hospitalisation in low and middle income countries, despite advances in …