Briles DE. Protection of the elderly from pneumococcal pneumonia with a protein-based vaccine? Mech Ageing Dev 2004;125(2):129-31.Briles DE. Protection of the elderly from pneumococcal pneumonia with a protein-based vaccine? Mech Ageing Dev. 2004;125:129 -131....
Invasive pneumococcal infections among persons with and without underlying medical conditions: Implications for prevention strategies The 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) is recommended for persons aged < 65 years with chronic medical conditions. We evaluated the risk... P Klemets,O...
Pneumococcal diseases mainly affect the vulnerable populations: children under the age of five years (otitis media is very common), elderly and immunocompromised (most commonly pneumonia). Two thousand and one hundred fifty six pneumococcal isolates causing invasive and non-invasive diseases between 1997...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The 13-valent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13) commonly used in children is effective in older adults for the prevention of vaccine-type community-acquired pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease, and the effect lasts for at least 4 years, according to one of the ...
Of course, there's one way for grandma and grandad to cut their odds for bacterial pneumonia: Vaccination. Wylie's team noted that soon after kids routinely began getting the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), pneumonia illnesses among children fell by over 90%. Vaccines can protect older fo...
This modest level of vaccine coverage and the demonstrated burden of influenza underscores the need for a comprehensive approach to controlling its impact in Belgium. A recent cost-effective evaluation conducted for the Belgian setting suggests that universal immunization against influenza may prove to ...
Dr Abbas El Sahili, PhD student Ms Jia Huan and Dr Xinlei Qian, who imaged and analysed an enzyme that could be key to disabling respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (HMPV), both which currently have no effective cure or vaccine. Credit: Nanyang Technological University...
Influenza vaccine may not protect elderly from pneumoniaInpharma Weekly -doi:10.2165/00128413-200816500-00047NoneSpringer International PublishingInpharma Weekly
Pneumonia Vaccine Useful for More Than Elderly, YoungByline: Carla A. Fry Pneumococcus might not be a familiar term, but it's the bacteria...By FryCarla A
Pneumococcal Vaccine Prevents Pneumonia in Institutionalised ElderlyInpharma Weekly -doi:10.1007/BF03299286Springer International PublishingInpharma