Respiratory infections with pneumococci establish multi-pronged heterotypic protection against pneumonia
Acute lower respiratory tract infections are a persistent and pervasive public health burden, often caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Hospitalization rates due to pneumonia fall dramatically during early childhood, remain low during early adult years, and then increase steadily around middle age....
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2016
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/19061 |