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African meningitis belt pneumococcal disease epidemiology indicates a need for an effective serotype 1 containing vaccine, including for older children and adults

BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine strategies in GAVI-eligible countries are focusing on infant immunization but this strategy may not be optimal in all settings. We aimed to collect all available population based data on pneumococcal meningitis throughout life in the African meningitis belt...

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Autores principales: Gessner, Bradford D, Mueller, Judith E, Yaro, Seydou
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2838886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20146815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-22