Toward reducing the burden of pneumococcal disease in the Gulf States

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 245-246

  Mahmoud, Ebrahim ^a   Hassan, Imad Salah ^b,c  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Knowledge Translation Committee   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AWARENESS; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LETTER; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84899917408     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2014.01.004     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine for adults with immunocompromising conditions: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2012, 61(40):816-819.