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QJM 2006 99(5):348-349; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcl042
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The economic cost of invasive pneumococcal disease and the potential for reduction by vaccination in an adult population in South Yorkshire

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Sir,

Risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) permit targeted immunization of adults with a 23-valent capsular polysaccharide of moderate efficacy.1,2 We identified 553 adult cases of IPD in Sheffield between 1992 and 2000, identified all 230 cases admitted to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, and retrospectively estimated the economic costs and potential vaccine impact on . . . [Full Text of this Article]

H.K. Parsons, K. Tomlin, S.C. Metcalf, J.E. Brazier and D.H. Dockrell

Department of Microbiology and Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust Health Economics and Decision Science School of Health and Related Research University of Sheffield Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust and Division of Genomic Medicine University of Sheffield Medical School Sheffield

email: d.h.dockrell@sheffield.ac.uk


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