The epidemiology of pneumococcal infections-The Swedish experience

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL.6, 2009, Pages

  Darenberg, Jessica ^a   Henriques Normark, Birgitta ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; Pathogenesis; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Sweden

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SWEDEN;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SWEDEN; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 72049103649     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.10.088     Document Type: Article

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