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Comment
. 2014;10(1):45-6.
doi: 10.4161/hv.26330. Epub 2013 Sep 9.

Pneumococcal vaccination of older adults: conjugate or polysaccharide?

Rosalind Hollingsworth  1 , Raul Isturiz  1
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Pneumococcal vaccination of older adults: conjugate or polysaccharide?

Rosalind Hollingsworth et al. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014.
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Keywords: adults; bacterial; clinical; conjugate; pneumococcal; polysaccharide vaccine; protein conjugate vaccine; vaccination; vaccinology.

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