Why it is still important that countries know the burden of pneumococcal disease

Hum Vaccin. 2010 Nov;6(11):918-21. doi: 10.4161/hv.6.11.13352. Epub 2010 Nov 1.

Authors

Rosa Prato¹, Silvio Tafuri, Francesca Fortunato, Domenico Martinelli

Affiliation

¹ Section of Hygiene, Department of Medical and Occupational Science, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. r.prato@unifg.it

PMID: 21045538
DOI: 10.4161/hv.6.11.13352

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bacterial Typing Techniques
Humans
Incidence
Pneumococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Pneumococcal Infections / mortality
Pneumococcal Infections / prevention & control*
Pneumococcal Vaccines / administration & dosage*
Pneumococcal Vaccines / immunology*
Prevalence
Serotyping
Streptococcus pneumoniae / classification
Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification
Vaccination / statistics & numerical data*

Substances

Pneumococcal Vaccines