Introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into the South African public immunisation programme: dawn of a new era?
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Shabir A Madhi, University of the Witwatersrand/Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit; and Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases; University of the Witwatersrand. Correspondence to: Shabir A Madhi, Old Potch Road, Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, New Nurses Residence -1st Floor West Wing, Bertsham, Gauteng, 2013, South Africa E-mail: [email protected] Introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into the South African public immunisation programme: dawn of a new era?
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