The remarkable history of pneumococcal vaccination: an ongoing challenge
DM Musher, R Anderson, C Feldman - Pneumonia, 2022 - Springer
Although it varies with age and geographical distribution, the global burden of infection with
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) remains considerable. The elderly, and …
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) remains considerable. The elderly, and …
History of pneumococcal immunization
P Helena Mäkelä, JC Butler - Pneumococcal Vaccines: The …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
By the year 1800, 200 years ago, the smallpox vaccine had established the principle of
preventing serious disease by active immunization. In the 1940s, these whole‐cell vaccines …
preventing serious disease by active immunization. In the 1940s, these whole‐cell vaccines …
A reassessment of pneumococcal vaccine
R Austrian - New England Journal of Medicine, 1984 - Mass Medical Soc
Six years have elapsed since a polyvalent vaccine of pneumococcal capsular
polysaccharides was licensed in the United States for the second time in three decades1; …
polysaccharides was licensed in the United States for the second time in three decades1; …
Pneumococcal disease: prospects for a new generation of vaccines
GR Siber - Science, 1994 - science.org
During the early 1900s, pneumococcal pneumonia was a much feared disease with a high
mortality rate. The advent of effec-tive antibiotics provided a new means to treat thedisease …
mortality rate. The advent of effec-tive antibiotics provided a new means to treat thedisease …
[引用][C] Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines
JD Grabenstein, DM Musher - Plotkin's Vaccines, 2018 - Elsevier
Pneumococcal infection
MA Mufson - Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 1994 - journals.lww.com
Streptococcus pneumoniae prevails as the most common pathogen of community-acquired
pneumonia. In bacteremic disease, case fatality rates average 20% and they approach 40 …
pneumonia. In bacteremic disease, case fatality rates average 20% and they approach 40 …
[PDF][PDF] Pneumococcal vaccination: four issues for western Europe
DS Fedson - Biologicals, 1997 - researchgate.net
Pneumococcal vaccine was first licensed in the United States in 1977. During the next two
decades more than 30 million doses of this vaccine were distributed throughout the country …
decades more than 30 million doses of this vaccine were distributed throughout the country …
Editorial Response: Prevention of Pneumococcal Disease: A New Romance Begins
RF Breiman - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1998 - JSTOR
In 1945, following more than 50 years of work to develop a vaccine against Streptococcus
pneumoniae, MacLeod et al. reported the successful use of a tetravalent vaccine to prevent …
pneumoniae, MacLeod et al. reported the successful use of a tetravalent vaccine to prevent …
Pneumonia and pneumococcal infections, with special reference to pneumococcal pneumonia: The 1979 J. Burns Amberson Lecture
M Finland - American Review of Respiratory Disease, 1979 - atsjournals.org
An etiologic classification of acute pneumonia was presented and the relative importance of
some of the causative agents was briefly reviewed. The early developments of the therapy of …
some of the causative agents was briefly reviewed. The early developments of the therapy of …