Maintaining protection against invasive bacteria with protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccines.
Polysaccharide-encapsulated organisms are the leading cause of bacterial meningitis and pneumonia in children. The use of protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccines in developed countries over the past two decades has markedly decreased the burden of disease and mortality from these organisms through...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2009
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