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1. Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in England and Wales
Robert George
Respiratory & Systemic Infection Laboratory, HPA Centre for Infections, Colindale
ACP International Scientific Meeting
Prague,12 June 2008
2. Streptococcus pneumoniae:Microbiology Gram-positive diplococci Colonises nasopharynx >90 different serotypes based on capsular polysaccharide Immunity is serotype-specific