KNOWLEDGE OF CAREGIVERS REGARDING PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASES AND PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE (PCV): A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY AT A DISTRICT IN INDIA

Knowledge of caregivers regarding pneumococcal diseases and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV): A cross sectional study at a district in India

Background: To reduce burden of pneumonia, India has introduced Pneumococcal Conjugate vaccine (PCV) in routine immunization programme.The state of West Bengal, India introduced PCV in 2021.Uptake of new vaccines depends a lot on knowledge of caregivers on the disease and vaccine.This study aimed to assess the knowledge Deflectors / Rain Guards / V

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A Novel Stay-Green Mutant of Rice with Delayed Leaf Senescence and Better Harvest Index Confers Drought Tolerance

Three Ethyl methansulphonate (EMS)-induced stay-green mutants (SGM-1, SGM-2 and SGM-3) and their wild-type (WT), were tested for their Stay-Green (SG) and drought tolerance nature as the relation between these two attributes is not yet established in rice.In the dark induced senescence assay, SGM-3 showed delayed senescence while SGM-1 and SGM-2 sh

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