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Pneumococcal Disease Vaccines
Study data from National Institute of Public Health provide new insights into pneumococcal disease vaccines
April 22nd, 2009
A new study, 'Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in the Czech Republic and serotype coverage by vaccines, 1997-2006,' is now available. According to recent research from Prague, Czech Republic, "We studied the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in the Czech Republic by analysing two sources of data. The incidence of pneumococcal meningitis based on routine notification data varied between 0.4 and 0.6/100 000 population between 1997 and 2006." "The incidence of IPD based on laboratory surveillance varied between 2.3 and 4.3/100 000 population between 2000 and 2006. The annual IPD incidence remained stable during the study period. Estimates of...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-04-22)
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