Universal childhood immunisation against Streptococcus pneumoniae: The five-year experience of Liguria Region, Italy

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 25-26, 2009, Pages 3459-3462

  Durando, Paolo ^a   Crovari, Pietro ^a   Ansaldi, Filippo ^a   Sticchi, Laura ^a   Sticchi, Camilla ^a   Turello, Valter ^b   Marensi, Lorenzo ^b   Giacchino, Raffaella ^c   Timitilli, Anna ^c   Carloni, Roberto ^d   Azzari, Chiara ^e   Icardi, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Local Public Health Unit of Genoa (ASL 3 Genovese)   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d Administrative Region of Liguria ^*  (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV 7); Immunogenicity; Pneumococcal associated hospitalisations

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; INFANT; ITALY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; ITALY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 67049149926     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.01.052     Document Type: Article

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