MODERN POSSIBILITIES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF VACCINE PREVENTION OF PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION IN CHILDREN
Pneumococcal infection is one of the leading reasons of the infection incidence and mortality rates. The pneumococcal infection has special danger for infants and elderly persons [1--7]. Thus, in children aged under 5 pneumococcus is one of the five causative agents accounting for the half of all le...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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Remedium Group LLC
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Медицинский совет |
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| Online Access: | https://www.med-sovet.pro/jour/article/view/1508 |
| Summary: | Pneumococcal infection is one of the leading reasons of the infection incidence and mortality rates. The pneumococcal infection has special danger for infants and elderly persons [1--7]. Thus, in children aged under 5 pneumococcus is one of the five causative agents accounting for the half of all lethal outcomes from infectious diseases [8]. According to the data provided by the World Health Organization each year more than 1 mln children die from the pneumococcal infection [1]. |
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| ISSN: | 2079-701X 2658-5790 |