Paediatricians' perspectives on the use of pneumococcal vaccine in healthy and asthmatic children


Karakaş T., Şahiner Ü. M., Soyer O., Civelek E., Cokugras H., Şekerel B. E.

ALLERGOLOGIA ET IMMUNOPATHOLOGIA, vol.38, no.5, pp.241-245, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 38 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.aller.2009.12.005
  • Journal Name: ALLERGOLOGIA ET IMMUNOPATHOLOGIA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.241-245
  • Keywords: Asthma, Child, Pneumococci, Vaccine, Immunisation, Control, Physician behaviour, CONJUGATE VACCINE, DISEASE, INDIA
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines were developed in recent decades to reduce the burden of pneumococcal diseases. Little is known about paediatricians' perspectives on the use of pneumococcal vaccine.