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Lydia Sombrero
Researcher at Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
Publications - 33
Citations - 1008
Lydia Sombrero is an academic researcher from Research Institute for Tropical Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pneumonia & Streptococcus pneumoniae. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 33 publications receiving 945 citations.
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Efficacy of an 11-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against radiologically confirmed pneumonia among children less than 2 years of age in the Philippines: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Marilla G. Lucero,Hanna Nohynek,Gail M. Williams,Veronica Tallo,Eric A. F. Simões,Socorro Lupisan,Diozele Sanvictores,Simon Forsyth,Taneli Puumalainen,Juanita Ugpo,Marites Lechago,Margaret de Campo,Erma Abucejo-Ladesma,Lydia Sombrero,Antti Nissinen,Anu Soininen,Petri Ruutu,Ian Riley,Helen P. Mäkelä +18 more
TL;DR: In the United States and Africa, pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) have demonstrated efficacy against childhood invasive pneumococc disease (IPD) and pneumonia as mentioned in this paper.
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Enterovirus 68 among Children with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, the Philippines
Tadatsugu Imamura,Naoko Fuji,Akira Suzuki,Raita Tamaki,Mariko Saito,Rapunzel Aniceto,Hazel Galang,Lydia Sombrero,S. Lupisan,Hitoshi Oshitani +9 more
TL;DR: TOC summary: Enterovirus 68 was found in 21 children with severe pneumonia, and it is believed that this outbreak may be linked to previous outbreaks of the virus in children withsevere pneumonia.
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Detection of human rhinovirus C viral genome in blood among children with severe respiratory infections in the Philippines.
Naoko Fuji,Akira Suzuki,Socorro Lupisan,Lydia Sombrero,Hazel Galang,Taro Kamigaki,Raita Tamaki,Mariko Saito,Rapunzel Aniceto,Remigio M. Olveda,Hitoshi Oshitani +10 more
TL;DR: Human rhinovirus (HRV) C was recently identified as the third species of HRV using a molecular technique and results suggest that HRVC may have a different pathogenicity and can more commonly cause viremia than HRVA and HRVB.
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Bacterial and viral etiology of serious infections in very young Filipino infants.
Salvacion Gatchalian,Beatriz P. Quiambao,Ana Marie R. Morelos,Letty Abraham,Connie P. Gepanayao,Lydia Sombrero,Julia Fems Paladin,Victoria C. Soriano,Melissa Obach,Efinor S. Sunico +9 more
TL;DR: Many young Filipino infants with life-threatening illness were evaluated in this study, and thirty-five had infections attributable to bacteria, with Salmonella spp.
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Respiratory viruses from hospitalized children with severe pneumonia in the Philippines
Akira Suzuki,Socorro Lupisan,Yuki Furuse,Naoko Fuji,Mariko Saito,Raita Tamaki,Hazel Galang,Lydia Sombrero,Melisa Mondoy,Rapunzel Aniceto,Remigio M. Olveda,Hitoshi Oshitani +11 more
TL;DR: Viruses were commonly detected in children with severe pneumonia in the Philippines, and viral etiologies should be considered while developing better effective strategies to reduce child pneumonia-related deaths in developing countries.