Pneumococcal meningitis and vaccine effects in the era of conjugate vaccination: results of 20 years of nationwide surveillance in Germany

BACKGROUND: Long-term complications and a case mortality rate of 7.5% make meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae a serious clinical threat. In 2006, a general pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV) recommendation was issued for all children under 2 years in Germany. Here, we investigate se...

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Autores principales: Imöhl, Matthias, Möller, Jens, Reinert, Ralf René, Perniciaro, Stephanie, van der Linden, Mark, Aktas, Orhan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4335684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0787-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4335684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0787-1

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