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• a  of or derived from or caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus

• Only 3% to 18% could name each of the others, which include pneumococcal disease; hepatitis A; hepatits B; tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis; meningococcal disease; and shingles.
• Every year 20,000 or more Americans over the age of 50 die of pneumococcal pneumonia.
• By its culmination in 1962, Austrian had persuaded the medical community of the continued need for a pneumococcal vaccine; his was licensed in 1977.

News & Articles

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• Pfizer Signs New Agreement With UNICEF To Supply A Total Of Up To 740 Million Doses Of Prevenar 13* For The World’s ...
  NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) welcomes today’s announcement from the GAVI Alliance regarding the signing of a new supply agreement for Pfizer to provide additional doses of Prevenar 13* (Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine [13-valent, adsorbed]), the company’s 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, for use in infants and young children to help protect against ...
  July 29, 2013 - Business Wire

Quotes

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• Bono in USA Today
  It just shows what's possible when you match leadership with funding,Bono said. "What's the next disease? Pneumococcal? Rotovirus?"
• Liam Donaldson in Times Online
  Pneumococcal infection can cause very serious illness such as meningitis and pneumonia, as well as being one of the most common bacterial causes of ear infections,said Sir Liam. "The under 2s are a particular risk group. The new vaccine...
• Bill Gates in AllAfrica.com
  We have a vaccine that has dramatically reduced the total burden of pneumococcal disease. It targets 7 strains of the bacteria that were responsible for 90 percent of cases of severe pnuemococcal infection. While that is good news, we still need to... Jack Klugman http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Klugman&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHsdDpohbGxvVOrKPCGoOepTHpOdw Science Daily (press release) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080603085927.htm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF9XU6L1pwsV4gJ67seAl8ZtJGwTA Jun 3, 2008 75475 101847 pneumococcus With the progress on these vaccines," Gates said, "GAVI will add a focus on two vaccines that are already being used in rich countries: one for rotavirus, which causes diarrhea, and another for pneumococcus, which causes pneumonia....