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Review
. 2017 Jun 15;64(suppl_3):S179-S184.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cix142.

Introduction to the Epidemiologic Considerations, Analytic Methods, and Foundational Results From the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health Study

Katherine L O'Brien  1 , Henry C Baggett  2   3 , W Abdullah Brooks  1   4 , Daniel R Feikin  1   5 , Laura L Hammitt  1   6 , Stephen R C Howie  7   8   9 , Maria Deloria Knoll  1 , Karen L Kotloff  10 , Orin S Levine  1   11 , Shabir A Madhi  12   13 , David R Murdoch  14   15 , J Anthony G Scott  7   16 , Donald M Thea  17 , Scott L Zeger  18
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Review

Introduction to the Epidemiologic Considerations, Analytic Methods, and Foundational Results From the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health Study

Katherine L O'Brien et al. Clin Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: PERCH.; case-control analysis; children; etiology; pneumonia.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Annual under-5 all-cause and pneumonia mortality rates with global targets and pivotal health interventions, by time. A, The conceptual pneumonia mortality etiology distribution from the preconjugate vaccine era and B, the unknown etiologic distribution of the present and future. Abbreviations: ARVs, antiretrovirals; FDA, US Food and Drug Administration; Hib, Haemophilus influenzae type b; MDG, Millenium Development Goal; PCV, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; SDG, Sustainable Development Goal; S. pneumoniae, Streptococcus pneumoniae; WHO, World Health Organization.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Countries where Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study sites are located, and case enrollment numbers. Abbreviations: Emmes, The Emmes Corporation; JHSPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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