Population-based incidence and serotype distribution of invasive pneumococcal disease prior to introduction of conjugate pneumococcal vaccine in Bangladesh.
Abdullah H BaquiEric D McCollumArif MahmudArunangshu RoyNabidul H ChowdhuryIftekhar RafiqullahSyed Jafar Raza RizviNazma BegumDipak K MitraRasheda KhanamMeagan HarrisonSalahuddin AhmedMd HasanuzzamanHafizur RahmanMaksuda IslamZabed B AhmedMd Abdul QuaiyumAlain K KoffiNicole SimmonsWilliam CheckleyLawrence H MoultonMathuram SantoshamSamir K Sahanull nullPublished in: PloS one (2020)
IPD was common in rural Bangladesh suggesting the potential benefit of an effective vaccine. Measurement of the burden of IPD requires multiple surveillance modalities.