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Pneumococcal Disease Vaccines
Reports summarize pneumococcal disease vaccines study results from University of Los Andes
July 1st, 2009
Data detailed in 'The burden of pneumococcal disease among Latin American and Caribbean children: review of the evidence' have been presented. "To conduct a comprehensive review of data on pneumococcal disease incidence in Latin America and the Caribbean and project the annual number of pneumococcal disease episodes and deaths among children <5 years of age in the region. We carried out a systematic review (1990 to 2006) on the burden of pneumococcal disease in children <5 years of age in the region," scientists in Santiago, Chile report. "We summarized annual incidence rates and case fatality ratios using medians and interquartile ranges for invasive pneumococcal...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-07-01)
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