Publications by authors named "Ambujam Nair Kapoor"
Article Synopsis
- A network was created in India to monitor bacterial meningitis in kids and see how many cases could be prevented by vaccines, with data collected from March 2012 to September 2016 in eleven hospitals.
- Out of nearly 13,000 suspected cases, only about 586 were confirmed as bacterial meningitis, mainly caused by a bacteria called S. pneumoniae, especially in young children.
- The study showed that many of the bacteria were becoming resistant to common antibiotics, making it important to spread the pneumococcal vaccine (PCV) throughout India to help lower these tough infections in kids.
Background: Worldwide, acute bacterial meningitis is a major cause of high morbidity and mortality among under five children, particularly in settings where vaccination for H. influenzae type b, S. pneumoniae and N.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To estimate the proportion of time the vaccines in the cold-chain system in India are exposed to temperatures of < 0 or > 8 °C.
Methods: In each of 10 states, the largest district and the one most distant from the state capital were selected for study. Four boxes, each containing an electronic temperature recorder and two vials of diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus vaccine, were placed in the state or regional vaccine store for each study state.
Background & Objectives: Severe clinical pneumonia and meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b in children less than 5 yr old is preventable by use of Hib vaccine. However, data on Hib burden in India are limited. To support an evidence-based decision for Hib vaccine introduction in India, a vaccine probe study was planned.
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