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. We …

Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) was previously the most common cause of bacterial
meningitis and an important etiologic agent of pneumonia in children aged <5 years. Its …

Background Colonisation with Streptococcus pneumoniae can lead to invasive pneumococcal
disease and pneumonia. Pneumococcal acquisition and prevalence of colonisation are …

Background To determine the prevalence of carriage of respiratory bacterial pathogens,
and the risk factors for and serotype distribution of pneumococcal carriage in an Australian …

Background Little information is available about the effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines
(PCVs) in low-income countries. We measured the effect of these vaccines on invasive …

Background Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are used in many low-income
countries but their impact on the incidence of pneumonia is unclear. The Gambia introduced …

There is paucity of data regarding the geographical distribution, incidence, and phylogenetics
of multi-drug resistant (MDR) Salmonella Typhi in sub-Saharan Africa. Here we present a …

Background: The Global Typhoid Genomics Consortium was established to bring together the
typhoid research community to aggregate and analyse Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (…

The purpose of this study was to describe the extramedullary humeral morphology in paired
humeri to determine whether geometric differences exist from side to side in the same …

Serotype-specific surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is essential for
assessing the impact of 10- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV10/13). The …