Effect of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease in preterm born infants

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Evidence for protection of preterm born infants from invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) by 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV7) is relatively sparse. Data from randomized trials is based on relatively small numbers of...

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Main Authors: von Kries Rüdiger, van der Linden Mark, Rückinger Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/12