Use of Pneumococcal Disease Epidemiology to Set Policy and Prevent Disease during 20 Years of the Emerging Infections Program

Use of Pneumococcal Disease Epidemiology to Set Policy and Prevent Disease during 20 Years of the Emerging Infections Program

Two decades ago, the Emerging Infections Program of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implemented what seemed like a simple yet novel idea: a population- and laboratory-based surveillance system designed to identify and characterize invasive bacterial infections, including those caus...

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Main Authors: Matthew R. Moore, Cynthia G. Whitney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
pneumococcal disease
Streptococcus pneumoniae
bacteria
streptococci
vaccination
surveillance
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/9/15-0395_article

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