SURVEY OF PNEUMOCOCCAL TYPES IN ISRAEL, 1978-81
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 19 (6) , 520-523
Abstract
The most common capsular types of Streptococcus pneumoniae among 436 cultures isolated in Israel (1978-1981) were 1, 14, 6B, 23F, 19A and 5. Among the 301 isolates from significant [human] sources, 66.1% belonged to 14 capsular types that are included in available pneumococcal vaccines. Among those that were not included in these vaccines, the most frequent types were 5, 19A and 6B. The addition of these 3 capsular polysaccharide types to the vaccine used in Israel would result in a vaccine coverage of .apprx. 85%.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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