Fig 1.
Flow-chart of specimens (nasal/throat swab) collection in children less than ten years from a rural community of north India.
Table 1.
Isolation of S. pneumoniae from nasal/throat swabs in children aged less than 10 years by age and symptom status in a rural community of north India from 2012–14 (N = 4348 specimens).
Fig 2.
Detection of serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae from upper respiratory tract of children aged <10 years in a rural community of northern India from 2012–14 (n = 220).
ALRI: Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection, AURI: Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infection, PPV: Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, PCV: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.