Childhood pneumonia and meningitis in the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea in the era of conjugate vaccines: study methods and challenges

Gratten M(2015)Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Lancet 385 117-171

Montgomery J(1991)The bacteriology of acute pneumonia and meningitis in children in Papua New Guinea: assumptions, facts and technical strategies P N G Med J 34 185-198

Lehmann D(1992)Epidemiology of acute respiratory tract infections, especially those due to Haemophilus influenzae, in Papua New Guinean children J Infect Dis 165 S20-S25

Lehmann D(1999)Bacterial and viral etiology of severe infection in children less than 3 months old in the highlands of Papua New Guinea Pediatr Infect Dis J 18 S42-S49

Michael A(1989)Pneumonia in children in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea: a bacteriologic study of patients selected by standard clinical criteria J Infect Dis 159 348-352

Omena M(2015)Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in paediatric meningitis patients at Goroka General Hospital, Papua New Guinea: serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility in the pre-vaccine era BMC Infect Dis 15 485-32

Clegg A(1999)Aetiology and clinical signs of bacterial meningitis in children admitted to Goroka Base Hospital, Papua New Guinea, 1989–1992 Ann Trop Paediatr 19 21-146

Lupiwa T(2010)Improving aetiological diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia and meningitis in PNG PNG Med J 53 139-239

Sanders RC(2012)Respiratory viral pathogens associated with lower respiratory tract disease among young children in the highlands of Papua New Guinea J Clin Virol 54 235-382

Marjen B(1990)Viruses associated with acute lower respiratory tract infections in children from the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea (1983–1985) Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 21 373-206

Gratten M(2015)Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Lancet 385 117-171

Montgomery J(1991)The bacteriology of acute pneumonia and meningitis in children in Papua New Guinea: assumptions, facts and technical strategies P N G Med J 34 185-198

Lehmann D(1992)Epidemiology of acute respiratory tract infections, especially those due to Haemophilus influenzae, in Papua New Guinean children J Infect Dis 165 S20-S25

Lehmann D(1999)Bacterial and viral etiology of severe infection in children less than 3 months old in the highlands of Papua New Guinea Pediatr Infect Dis J 18 S42-S49

Michael A(1989)Pneumonia in children in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea: a bacteriologic study of patients selected by standard clinical criteria J Infect Dis 159 348-352

Omena M(2015)Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in paediatric meningitis patients at Goroka General Hospital, Papua New Guinea: serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility in the pre-vaccine era BMC Infect Dis 15 485-32

Clegg A(1999)Aetiology and clinical signs of bacterial meningitis in children admitted to Goroka Base Hospital, Papua New Guinea, 1989–1992 Ann Trop Paediatr 19 21-146

Lupiwa T(2010)Improving aetiological diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia and meningitis in PNG PNG Med J 53 139-239

Sanders RC(2012)Respiratory viral pathogens associated with lower respiratory tract disease among young children in the highlands of Papua New Guinea J Clin Virol 54 235-382

Marjen B(1990)Viruses associated with acute lower respiratory tract infections in children from the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea (1983–1985) Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 21 373-206