PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION. IMMUNIZATION BY A 7-VALENT CONJUGATED PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE OF CHILDREN BORN TO HIV-POSITIVE WOMEN

<em>The article contains pneumococcal infection prevalence survey among HIV-positive children. Questions of pneumococcal infection prevention using pneumococcal conjugated vaccine are discussed in the article. Recommendations upon immunization of HIV-positive children and children born to HIV-...

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Main Authors: L.Yu Afoninа, E.E. Voronin, Yu.A. Fomin, Yu.V. Lobzin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: "Paediatrician" Publishers LLC 2011-01-01
Series:Voprosy Sovremennoj Pediatrii
Online Access:http://vsp.spr-journal.ru:80/jour/article/view/641
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Summary:<em>The article contains pneumococcal infection prevalence survey among HIV-positive children. Questions of pneumococcal infection prevention using pneumococcal conjugated vaccine are discussed in the article. Recommendations upon immunization of HIV-positive children and children born to HIV-positive women against pneumococcal infection are given in the article as well.</em><br /><strong><em>Key words: children, HIV-infection, pneumococcal infection, pneumococcal conjugated vaccine.</em></strong><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><em><em>(Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. </em></em></em><em><em><em>2011; 10 (4): <em><em><em>36–40</em></em></em>)</em></em></em></span>
ISSN:1682-5527
1682-5535