Current Paediatrics
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7, February 2006

Update on new vaccines and immunisation strategies

Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, St George's Hospital, London, UK

Summary 

A number of new vaccines are being developed against the leading infectious causes of death in children. This update focuses on vaccines likely to affect the clinical practice of the readership in the next 5–10 years, including vaccines against bacterial (meningococcus, pneumococcus, group B Streptococcus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis) and viral (respiratory syncytial virus, influenza, rotavirus, human papilloma virus, varicella-zoster virus) diseases.

Keywords: Vaccines, Immunisations, Review

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PII: S0957-5839(05)00165-X

doi:10.1016/j.cupe.2005.12.001

Current Paediatrics
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7, February 2006

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