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Invasive Pneumococcal Infection in Baltimore, Md
Author(s) -
Lee H. Harrison,
Diane M. Dwyer,
Lillian Billmann,
MARGARETTE S. KOLCZAK,
Anne Schuchat
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.160.1.89
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , medicine , epidemiology , demography , streptococcus pneumoniae , pneumococcal infections , population , pneumococcal vaccine , metropolitan area , pediatrics , environmental health , biology , pathology , physics , sociology , optics , bacteria , genetics
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of infectious morbidity and mortality. Although blacks are known to have a higher incidence of invasive pneumococcal infection than whites, detailed analyses of these differences and their implications for vaccine prevention have not been reported.

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