International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages e209-e215, March 2012

Early impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease in Singapore children, 2005 through 2010☆

  • Koh Cheng Thoon

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Disease Service, Department of Paediatrics, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, 229899, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +65 6394 8408; fax: +65 6394 1973.
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  • Chia Yin Chong

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Disease Service, Department of Paediatrics, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, 229899, Singapore
    • ,
  • Nancy Wen Sim Tee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore

Received 16 March 2011; received in revised form 1 July 2011; accepted 30 November 2011. published online 27 January 2012.

Corresponding Editor: William Cameron, Ottawa, Canada

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☆ This paper was presented in part as an oral presentation at the 12th Western Pacific Congress on Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases, Singapore, December 2–5, 2010, under the title “Impact of conjugate pneumococcal vaccine coverage and invasive pneumococcal disease incidence in Singapore children”.

PII: S1201-9712(12)00002-1

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2011.11.014

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages e209-e215, March 2012

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