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African meningitis belt pneumococcal disease epidemiology indicates a need for an effective serotype 1 containing vaccine, including for older children and adults

Published:2010-02-10 Issue:1 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:1471-2334
Container-title:BMC Infectious Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:BMC Infect Dis

Author:

Gessner Bradford D,Mueller Judith E,Yaro Seydou

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Infectious Diseases

Link

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1471-2334-10-22/fulltext.html

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