TY - JOUR AU - Zabihullah, Rahmani AU - Dhoubhadel, Bhim AU - Rauf, Ferogh AU - Shafiq, Sahab AU - Suzuki, Motoi AU - Watanabe, Kiwao AU - Yoshida, Lay AU - Yasunami, Michio AU - Zabihullah, Salihi AU - Parry, Christopher AU - Mirwais, Rabi AU - Ariyoshi, Koya T1 - Risk for Death among Children with Pneumonia, Afghanistan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 8 SP - 1404 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In Afghanistan, childhood deaths from pneumonia are high. Among 639 children at 1 hospital, the case-fatality rate was 12.1%, and 46.8% of pneumococcal serotypes detected were covered by the 13-valent vaccine. Most deaths occurred within 2 days of hospitalization; newborns and malnourished children were at risk. Vaccination could reduce pneumonia and deaths. KW - Afghanistan KW - anemia KW - child KW - malnutrition KW - mortality KW - pneumococcal infections KW - pneumococcal vaccines KW - pneumonia KW - serogroup KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae KW - bacteria KW - Japan KW - United Kingdom DO - 10.3201/eid2308.151550 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/8/15-1550_article ER - End of Reference