Sentences with phrase «by pneumococcal»

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This vaccine is given to protect babies from pneumococcal disease caused by bacteria.

Authorities of the Ghana Health Service in the Eastern Region, have confirmed to Citi News the death of a 17 - year - old boy, killed by the fast spreading the Pneumococcal meningitis disease.

A team led by Ron Dagan, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Soroka University Medical Center in Beer - Sheva, Israel, wanted to know if a new pneumococcal vaccine based on tetanus toxoid would change infants» immune responses to the standard regimen of vaccines, including those for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTP), and Haemophilus influenzae type B, which protects against meningitis.

Supporters of the AMC concept say that it addresses an immediate problem by providing a reason for manufacturers to provide pneumococcal vaccines to needy populations.

Vaccination with the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - 7 [PCV7 — a vaccine that covers 7 strains (serotypes) of Streptococcus pneumoniae] is linked to overall decreases in the rate of serious infections caused by this bacterium, such as pneumonia and meningitis, referred to as invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD)-RSB-, but small increases in IPD caused by serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae not covered by the vaccine (referred to as non-vaccine type IPD), according to a study published in PLOS Medicine this week.

Now, a new vaccine under development could deal another blow to the disease, lowering the number of deaths even further by targeting dozens of additional strains of S. pneumoniae, and anticipating future versions of the bacteria responsible for pneumococcal disease, which includes sepsis and meningitis.

Invasive pneumococcal (IPD) disease is usually caused by a single serotype, and dual serotype IPD is rare.

Reproducibly elevated IgG binding was elicited by 208 «antibody binding targets» (ABTs), which included 109 variants of the diverse pneumococcal surface proteins A and C (PspA and PspC) and zinc metalloprotease A and B (ZmpA and ZmpB) proteins.

The top line has been greatly aided by a slew of successful new drug launches, which includes the anticoagulant Eliquis, the cancer drug Ibrance, and the pneumococcal vaccine Prevnar 13.

Coverage for the Shingles vaccine and certain Pneumococcal vaccines which are not currently covered by the Act, is also needed.

For example, death rates among Aboriginal people from pneumonia have dropped by 40 per cent since 1996, following the roll - out of pneumococcal vaccinations, The «Strong Babies, Strong Culture» maternal health program has shown that significant reductions in the number of low birth weight babies can occur within a matter of years.