pneumococcal disease

collocation in English

meaningsofpneumococcalanddisease

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pneumococcal
adjective
uk
/ˌnjuː.məˈkɒkəl/us
/ˌnuː.moʊˈkɑː.kəl/
caused by or relating to the bacteria pneumococcus (= a bacteria that causes many infections in humans, including pneumonia, meningitis, and ...
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disease
noun
uk
/dɪˈziːz/us
/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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(Definition ofpneumococcalanddiseasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is estimated thatpneumococcaldiseaseis responsible for more than 1 million deaths in children under 5 years of age each year.
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Pneumococcaldiseasewas highest in winter periods and coincided with influenza activity.
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Emergence of multidrug-resistant pneumococci emphasizes the importance of vaccination as a means to preventpneumococcaldisease.
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The majority of isolates were resistant to cotrimoxazole, the least expensive of the first-line therapies forpneumococcaldiseaseand other bacterial infections.
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These data clearly highlight the clinical impact and economic burden ofpneumococcaldiseaseand the need to prevent it by vaccination.
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The data presented in this study should be helpful in predicting the potential impact of pneumococcal vaccines on invasivepneumococcaldisease.
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This may in part reflect a poor understanding of the public health burden of invasivepneumococcaldisease.
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Invasivepneumococcaldiseaselaboratories may also have contributed to this increase.
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The reported incidence of invasivepneumococcaldiseasevaries widely between countries.
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If the non-vaccine serotypes are inherently of low pathogenicity, such serotype replacement in carriage cannot increase the incidence ofpneumococcaldisease.
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