Control and prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease in Taiwan: Current achievements and future challenges

J Formos Med Assoc. 2019 Jun;118(6):961-964. doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2019.01.020. Epub 2019 Feb 15.

Authors

Wei-Ju Su¹, Chin-Hui Yang²

Affiliations

¹ Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China; Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
² Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. Electronic address: inf@cdc.gov.tw.

PMID: 30773273
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2019.01.020

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MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Child, Preschool
Communicable Disease Control* / organization & administration
Communicable Disease Control* / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Immunization Programs* / methods
Immunization Programs* / organization & administration
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / immunology
Incidence
Infant
Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinases
Needs Assessment
Pneumococcal Infections* / diagnosis
Pneumococcal Infections* / epidemiology
Pneumococcal Infections* / immunology
Pneumococcal Infections* / prevention & control
Pneumococcal Vaccines / therapeutic use
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
Risk Factors
Taiwan / epidemiology
Vaccines, Conjugate / therapeutic use

Substances

Pneumococcal Vaccines
Vaccines, Conjugate
Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinases

Supplementary concepts

IRAK4 Deficiency