A low-cost approach to measure the burden of vaccine preventable diseases in urban areas

Stephen P. Luby; Amal K. Halder; Samir K. Saha; Aliya Naheed; Hossain M.S. Sazzad; Shamima Akhter; Emily S. Gurley; W. Abdullah Brooks; Shams El-Arifeen; Nusrat Najnin; Arifa Nazneen; Robert F. Breiman

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.05.040

A low-cost approach to measure the burden of vaccine preventable diseases in urban areas

Stephen P. Luby, Amal K. Halder, Samir K. Saha, Aliya Naheed, Hossain M.S. Sazzad, Shamima Akhter, Emily S. Gurley, W. Abdullah Brooks, Shams El-Arifeen, Nusrat Najnin, Arifa Nazneen, Robert F. Breiman

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Abstract

We piloted a low-cost approach to measure the disease burden of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Hib and Salmonella Typhi by leveraging the existing infrastructure of high performing microbiology laboratories at two large paediatric hospitals in Dhaka Bangladesh, and assessing the hospital utilization of the catchment population of these hospitals for different syndromes. S. Typhi was the most common bacterium identified in culture and accounted for an estimated 211 hospitalizations per 100,000 children <5 years of age per year. Meningitis due to S. pneumoniae was the most common cause of mortality accounting for 8.0 deaths per 100,000 children <5 years of age per year. This low-cost approach can provide data to support vaccine introduction and the health impact of newly introduced vaccines.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4903-4912
Number of pages	10
Journal	Vaccine
Volume	28
Issue number	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.05.040
State	Published - Jul 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Haemophilus influenzae type B
Meningitis
Pneumonia
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Surveillance
Typhoid fever

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Molecular Medicine
Immunology and Microbiology(all)
veterinary(all)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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