Erratum: Pneumococcal vaccination: what have we learnt so far and what can we expect in the future? [Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, DOI 10.1007/s10096-014-2208-6];Pneumococcal vaccination: what have we learnt so far and what can we expect in the future?

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-31

  Torres, A ^a   Bonanni, P ^b   Hryniewicz, W ^c   Moutschen, M ^d   Reinert, R R ^e   Welte, T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; 13-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

CARRIER STATE; EUROPE; HEPTAVALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84942303254     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2258-9     Document Type: Erratum

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