Health Condition 1: J09-J18- Influenza and pneumonia
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: There will be 3 groups in the study of which the first group will include under 5 children coming to the OutPatientDepartment for Acute Respiratory Infections. The second group will contain children with the admitting diagnosis of Pneumonia and Meningitis. The third group will be of healthy children.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Children with known immunodeficiency disorders 2. Known history of epistaxis 3. Known case of bleeding diathesis
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The variation in pneumococcal carriage density in presence and / or absence of respiratory viruses in the nasopharynx of under five childrenTimepoint: One Year | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The association between carriage of pneumococcal serotypes to that causing invasive pneumococcal diseaseTimepoint: 1 year;The variation in pneumococcal density with specific viral presence in the nasopharynx of under-5 children.Timepoint: 1 year | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Maulana Azad Medical College