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Antao, V.C., Hausdorff, W.P. (2009). Global Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Disease—New Prospects for Vaccine Control. In: Finn, A., Curtis, N., Pollard, A. (eds) Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children V. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 634. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79838-7_2

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