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Invasive pneumococcal disease in children up to 5 years of age in Poland

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Acknowledgements

We thank all of the participating pediatric wards and laboratories for the reporting of the invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) cases. The study was partially supported by an unrestricted grant from Wyeth, Warsaw, Poland.

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  1. Coordinating Centre: National Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland

    P. Grzesiowski, A. Skoczynska & W. Hryniewicz

  2. The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    P. Albrecht

  3. Specialty Children’s Hospital, Krakow, Poland

    R. Konior

  4. Specialty Children’s Hospital, Kielce, Poland

    M. Patrzalek

  5. Wyeth, Warsaw, Poland

    M. Sadowska & J. Staroszczyk

  6. The Medical University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

    L. Szenborn

  7. The Medical University of Poznan, Poznan, Poland

    J. Wysocki

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Grzesiowski, P., Skoczynska, A., Albrecht, P. et al. Invasive pneumococcal disease in children up to 5 years of age in Poland. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 27, 883–885 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-008-0512-8

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