Efficacy of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against PCR-positive acute otitis media

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1490-1491

  Palmu, Arto A ^a,b   Saukkoriipi, Annika ^a   Jokinen, Jukka ^a   Leinonen, Maija ^a   Kilpi, Terhi M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conjugate vaccine; Infants; Otitis media; Polymerase chain reaction; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOLYSIN;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYRINGOTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 60349103587     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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