Childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in Germany between 1997 and 2003: Variability in incidence and serotype distribution in absence of general pneumococcal conjugate vaccination

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 3984-3986

  Rückinger, Simon ^a   von Kries, Rüdiger ^a   Reinert, Ralf René ^b   van der Linden, Mark ^b   Siedler, Annette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incidence; Invasive pneumococcal disease; Serotype

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 47149084558     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.04.031     Document Type: Article

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