Impact of pneumococcal vaccines use on invasive pneumococcal disease in Nunavik (Quebec) from 1997 to 2010
Background: In 2000, an outbreak of severe pneumonia caused by a virulent clone of serotype 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae was detected in the Nunavik region of Quebec. A mass immunization campaign was implemented in the spring of 2002, targeting persons ≥5 years of age and using the 23-valent pneumococ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2014-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Circumpolar Health |
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| Online Access: | http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/download/22691/pdf_1 |