Epidemiological burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in children and adolescents with predisposing risk factors

Objective: Some medical conditions constitute important risk factors for the development of invasive pneumococcal diseases in children and adolescents aged from 5 to 19 years. Conjugate vaccines have potential efficacy in this scenario, but are not available in many Latin American public healthcare...

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Main Authors: Luiza Helena Falleiros-Arlant, Eitan Naaman Berezin, Maria Luisa Avila-Aguero, Maria Catalina Pirez, Angela Gentile, Vesta Richardson, Jose Brea, Cristina Mariño
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215001502