Prediction of serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease in unvaccinated and vaccinated populations.
INTRODUCTION: Before the introduction of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Prevnar-7), the relative prevalence of serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae was fairly stable worldwide. We sought to develop a statistical tool to predict the relative frequency of different serotypes among di...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2011
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