Nasopharyngeal carriage rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with sickle cell disease before and after the introduction of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Summary: Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at high risk of severe infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP). From 2002, all children aged <5 years in the UK with SCD were recommended 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) in infancy and 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide...

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Main Authors: Ellie Alexander (Author), Paul Telfer (Author), Harunor Rashid (Author), Kamal A. Ali (Author), Robert Booy (Author)
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Published: Elsevier, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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