Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Navajo Adults, 1989–1998
Watt J, O'Brien K, Benin A, Whitney C, Robinson K, Parkinson A, Reid R, Santosham M. Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Navajo Adults, 1989–1998. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2004, 38: 496-501. PMID: 14765341, DOI: 10.1086/381198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseaseNavajo adultsPneumococcal diseaseEpidemiology of IPDRates of IPDPneumococcal polysaccharide vaccineCase fatality rateGeneral US populationPercent of casesBlack personsPolysaccharide vaccineAnnual incidenceActive surveillanceMedical recordsElevated riskPrevention strategiesUS populationDiseaseCorresponding ratesAdditional researchAdultsUnited StatesRiskPatientsVaccine