Pneumococcal Vaccines: Challenges and Prospects

Paul Licciardi; Ioanna Papadatou

doi:10.3390/vaccines7010025

Pneumococcal Vaccines: Challenges and Prospects

Vaccines (Basel). 2019 Feb 27;7(1):25. doi: 10.3390/vaccines7010025.

Authors

Paul Licciardi^{1

2}, Ioanna Papadatou³

Affiliations

¹ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia. paul.licciardi@mcri.edu.au.
² Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia. paul.licciardi@mcri.edu.au.
³ Immunobiology and Vaccinology Research Laboratory, First Department of Paediatrics, Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 111527 Athens, Greece. iopapadatou@med.uoa.gr.

Abstract

Infections with the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae are one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in children less than five years of age worldwide, mostly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) [...].

Publication types

Editorial