Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: A newer vaccine available in India

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1317-1320

  Verma, Ramesh ^a   Khanna, Pardeep ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Mortality; Otitis media; Pneumonia; Streptococcus pneumonia; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

10 VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE; 13 VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE; 7 VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCONJUGATED PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; NOTE; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEROTYPE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

HUMANS; INDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 84866987808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.20654     Document Type: Note

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