Vaccine to prevent life-threatening pneumonia

  • Anne von Gottberg Clinical Microbiologist

Abstract

Recent data show that almost one half of pneumonias in children requiring hospitalisations could be prevented using the pneumococcal vaccine

Author Biography

Anne von Gottberg, Clinical Microbiologist
Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit (RMPRU), National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS)
Issue
Vol 12 No 1 (2008)
Section
Press releases
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