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Invasive pneumococcal disease more prevalent in England/Wales than reported

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 6th, 2002

by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - The true incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) incidence in England and Wales is at least three times the official estimate, according to researchers there.

E.D.G. MacIntosh and R. Booy at Wyeth Vaccines and St. Bartholomew's/Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, respectively, in London examined data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in England and Wales involving cases of "unspecified" deaths from infectious disease among children younger than 4 years.

The investigators evaluated the tests done to establish cause of infection, and theoretically applied information...

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