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Pneumococcal Disease Vaccines
New pneumococcal disease vaccines study findings have been reported by researchers at Hospital Donostia
July 1st, 2009
Current study results from the report, 'Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in children and older adults in the north of Spain before and after the introduction of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine,' have been published. "In the last two decades, an increasing trend in the incidence of pneumococcal disease in Europe has been reported. We investigated the effect of the use of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in an area of northern Spain, where all recorded cases of invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD) were included (n=450; 91 between 1996-2007 in children aged <5 years and 359 between 1998-2007 in adults aged >64 years)," scientists in San...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-07-01)
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