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• 1.   Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

  This article discusses pneumococcal infections and development of an effective vaccine

  

  Abstract:

  Pneumococcal infections account for a significant proportion of bacterial infections in infants and children. The growing threat from pneumococci resistant to penicillin and other antimicrobials has led to increased pressure for the development of an effective vaccine. The only vaccine available until recently, a purified polysaccharide vaccine, is limited in that it fails to induce more...

  Categories:

  pneumococcal infections; vaccine

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Curr Opin Pediatr, Vol: 13 Page: 70-4 February 2001
  M. Ledwith

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