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Pneumococcal disease is a leading cause of illness in children throughout the world. The disease is caused by a common bacterium, the pneumococcus, which can attack different parts of the body. Illnesses that can be caused by the pneumococcus (or the "pneumo bug") include pneumonia, meningitis and otitis media (middle ear infection)1.

This site aims to give you further information about pneumococal disease and Wyeth's pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Prevenar®, for the prevention of pneumococcal disease in children.

  1. Poehling et al. Population-Based Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Young Children. Pediatrics Vol. 114 No. 3 September 2004.
  1. Department of Health. Preventing Meningitis. Available on http://www.dh.gov.uk. Accessed June 2007.

 

 

 

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