Comparison of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes causing acute otitis media & invasive disease in young children in the Czech Republic

Indian Journal of Medical Research, Supplement

Volumn 119, Issue MAY, 2004, Pages 168-170

  Prymula, R ^b   Motlova, J ^a   Kriz, Pavla ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTMENT OF TOXICOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acute invasive disease; Acute otitis media; Serotypes; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 3442887097     PISSN: 03679012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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