Polysaccharide-encapsulated organisms are the leading cause of bacterial meningitis and
pneumonia in children. The use of protein–polysaccharide conjugate vaccines in developed …

Immunization against childhood vaccine-preventable diseases has arguably had the
greatest impact on the health of children of any public health intervention. Many of the …

Hepatitis B vaccination is the most effective measure to prevent hepatitis B virus (HBV)
infection and its consequences, including cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure, and …

The present rapid growth in the availability of safe and effective vaccines provides a
continuing need to expand and simplify vaccine administration programs. The replacement …

Background. During the past two decades the number of injections that are required per
office visit to fulfill the recommended childhood immunization schedule has increased …

Simultaneous administration of different vaccines is a strategy to increase the possibility to
receive vaccines at appropriate age, safely and effectively, reducing the number of sessions …

This review offers a perspective on the acellular pertussis vaccine efficiency trials concluded
in the 1990s and presents the main conclusions of a meta-analysis of 52 studies that …

The availability of combined vaccines containing protective antigens against the majority of
(ideally all) diseases for which universal immunization is recommended in infancy would …

Objective. To evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-acellular
pertussis (DTPa)-hepatitis B (HepB) combination vaccine given at 2, 4 and 6 months of age …

Second only to tobacco as a recognized cause of a major cancer in humans, hepatitis B is
preventable with safe and effective vaccines [1]. In 2000, according to World Health …