Pneumococcal Disease

Pneumococcal Disease is an infectious disease syndrome caused by the bacterium *Streptococcus pneumoniae*, distinguished from other vaccine-preventable diseases by its capacity to manifest as invasive conditions such as pneumonia, meningitis, and bacteremia, primarily affecting vulnerable populations through colonization and dissemination in respiratory mucosal surfaces.

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Bacterial PathologyVaccine-preventable Diseases

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STUDIES ON THE CHEMICAL NATURE OF THE SUBSTANCE INDUCING TRANSFORMATION OF PNEUMOCOCCAL TYPES

Oswald T. Avery, Colin M. MacLeod, Maclyn McCarty · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1944 · 3.3K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +9

Efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children

Steven Black, Henry R. Shinefield, Bruce Fireman et al. · The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal · 2000 · 2.3K citations

Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics +17

Decline in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease after the Introduction of Protein–Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine

Cynthia G. Whitney, Monica M. Farley, James L. Hadler et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2003 · 2.2K citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Disease Control, Infectious Diseases +17

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA

Ogden C. Bruton · PEDIATRICS · 1952 · 1.4K citations

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +14

Complete Genome Sequence of a Virulent Isolate of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>

Hervé Tettelin, Ian T. Paulsen, Jonathan A. Eisen et al. · Science · 2001 · 1.4K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +17

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Cynthia G. Whitney
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
113 publications · 17.8K citations
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David E. Briles
University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
116 publications · 9.9K citations
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James C. Paton
The University of Adelaide, Australia
89 publications · 8.7K citations
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Timothy J. Mitchell
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
106 publications · 7K citations
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Bernard Beall
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
86 publications · 10.6K citations
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Clinical Infectious Diseases
CID · 326 publications · 29.8K citations
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The Journal of Infectious Diseases
JID · 331 publications · 30.9K citations
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Infection and Immunity
IAI · 316 publications · 24.1K citations
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Vaccine
476 publications · 20.8K citations
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The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
PIDJ · 286 publications · 19.1K citations
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