Disease and epidemiology
Pneumococcal disease is an infection caused by a bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) or the pneumococcus. Infection can be
Vaccine and vaccination
Currently there are 90 different known serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae. There is no vaccine that can protect against all of them. However, two types of vaccines are available to help prevent infection
Disease surveillance
Disease burden
In 2008, total number of children under 5 years who died from pneumococcal diseases was 476,000 deaths globally as compared
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