African meningitis belt pneumococcal disease epidemiology indicates a need for an effective serotype 1 containing vaccine, including for older children and adults
Open Access
- 10 February 2010
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 10 (1), 22-10
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-22
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