Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
1
|
Rapid pneumococcal evolution in response to clinical interventions.
|
Science
|
2011
|
9.09
|
2
|
Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries. Part I: recent trends and current status.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2005
|
5.58
|
3
|
Global burden of respiratory infections due to seasonal influenza in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
Lancet
|
2011
|
5.43
|
4
|
International prospective study of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: implications of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production in nosocomial Infections.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2004
|
4.75
|
5
|
Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: global differences in clinical patterns.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2002
|
4.08
|
6
|
An international prospective study of pneumococcal bacteremia: correlation with in vitro resistance, antibiotics administered, and clinical outcome.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2003
|
3.93
|
7
|
Antibiotic therapy for Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: implications of production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2004
|
3.75
|
8
|
Epidemiological differences among pneumococcal serotypes.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2005
|
3.72
|
9
|
Influenza vaccination of pregnant women and protection of their infants.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2014
|
3.68
|
10
|
Combination antibiotic therapy lowers mortality among severely ill patients with pneumococcal bacteremia.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2004
|
3.49
|
11
|
A role for Streptococcus pneumoniae in virus-associated pneumonia.
|
Nat Med
|
2004
|
3.49
|
12
|
The impact of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the public health burden of pneumonia in HIV-infected and -uninfected children.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2005
|
2.81
|
13
|
Association of serotype with risk of death due to pneumococcal pneumonia: a meta-analysis.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2010
|
2.50
|
14
|
Virulence characteristics of Klebsiella and clinical manifestations of K. pneumoniae bloodstream infections.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2007
|
2.49
|
15
|
Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination of infants on pneumonia and influenza hospitalization and mortality in all age groups in the United States.
|
MBio
|
2011
|
2.48
|
16
|
Density interactions among Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus in the nasopharynx of young Peruvian children.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2013
|
2.47
|
17
|
Pneumococcal vaccination in developing countries.
|
Lancet
|
2006
|
2.45
|
18
|
Novel mechanism of resistance to oxazolidinones, macrolides, and chloramphenicol in ribosomal protein L4 of the pneumococcus.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2005
|
2.14
|
19
|
Impact of conjugate pneumococcal vaccines on antibiotic resistance.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2008
|
2.11
|
20
|
Ineffectiveness of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis and the importance of bacterial and viral coinfections in African children with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2002
|
2.07
|
21
|
Estimating the protective concentration of anti-pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide antibodies.
|
Vaccine
|
2007
|
2.07
|
22
|
Increased antimicrobial resistance among nonvaccine serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the pediatric population after the introduction of 7-valent pneumococcal vaccine in the United States.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2007
|
2.06
|
23
|
Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries. Part II: strategies for containment.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2005
|
2.05
|
24
|
Increased prevalence of pediatric pneumococcal serotypes in elderly adults.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2005
|
2.03
|
25
|
Fitness costs of fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2006
|
1.98
|
26
|
Long-term effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae--and associated interactions with Staphylococcus aureus and Haemophilus influenzae colonization--in HIV-Infected and HIV-uninfected children.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2007
|
1.95
|
27
|
Sequence diversity of the factor H binding protein vaccine candidate in epidemiologically relevant strains of serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2009
|
1.92
|
28
|
Effects of vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease in South Africa.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2014
|
1.84
|
29
|
Quantitative and qualitative anamnestic immune responses to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children 5 years after vaccination.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2009
|
1.82
|
30
|
Increased risk of invasive bacterial infections in African people with sickle-cell disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2010
|
1.82
|
31
|
Maternal influenza immunization and reduced likelihood of prematurity and small for gestational age births: a retrospective cohort study.
|
PLoS Med
|
2011
|
1.82
|
32
|
Emergence of levofloxacin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae and treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children in South Africa: a cohort observational surveillance study.
|
Lancet
|
2008
|
1.82
|
33
|
Emergence and spread of Streptococcus pneumoniae with erm(B) and mef(A) resistance.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.74
|
34
|
Rationale for revised penicillin susceptibility breakpoints versus Streptococcus pneumoniae: coping with antimicrobial susceptibility in an era of resistance.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2009
|
1.69
|
35
|
Historical changes in pneumococcal serogroup distribution: implications for the era of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2002
|
1.66
|
36
|
Outpatient antibiotic prescribing and nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States, 1996-2003.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2011
|
1.63
|
37
|
Levofloxacin-resistant invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States: evidence for clonal spread and the impact of conjugate pneumococcal vaccine.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2004
|
1.53
|
38
|
Pneumococcal vaccines and flu preparedness.
|
Science
|
2007
|
1.50
|
39
|
The anticipated severity of a "1918-like" influenza pandemic in contemporary populations: the contribution of antibacterial interventions.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
1.47
|
40
|
Emergence of fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in a South African child in a tuberculosis treatment facility.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2003
|
1.44
|
41
|
Pneumococcal capsular switching: a historical perspective.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2012
|
1.43
|
42
|
Long-term immunogenicity and efficacy of a 9-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine in human immunodeficient virus infected and non-infected children in the absence of a booster dose of vaccine.
|
Vaccine
|
2006
|
1.43
|
43
|
Serotype 6C is associated with penicillin-susceptible meningeal infections in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults among invasive pneumococcal isolates previously identified as serotype 6A in South Africa.
|
Int J Antimicrob Agents
|
2008
|
1.40
|
44
|
Effect of HIV infection status and anti-retroviral treatment on quantitative and qualitative antibody responses to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in infants.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2010
|
1.39
|
45
|
World Health Organisation definition of "radiologically-confirmed pneumonia" may under-estimate the true public health value of conjugate pneumococcal vaccines.
|
Vaccine
|
2006
|
1.38
|
46
|
Emergence of Streptococcus pneumoniae with very-high-level resistance to penicillin.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2004
|
1.36
|
47
|
Role of Streptococcus pneumoniae in hospitalization for acute community-acquired pneumonia associated with culture-confirmed Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children: a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine probe study.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2010
|
1.33
|
48
|
Influence of bacterial interactions on pneumococcal colonization of the nasopharynx.
|
Trends Microbiol
|
2012
|
1.33
|
49
|
Quantitative and qualitative antibody response to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine among African human immunodeficiency virus-infected and uninfected children.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2005
|
1.31
|
50
|
A framework for global surveillance of antibiotic resistance.
|
Drug Resist Updat
|
2011
|
1.29
|
51
|
Live attenuated influenza vaccine enhances colonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in mice.
|
MBio
|
2014
|
1.26
|
52
|
Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease among high-risk adults since the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for children.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2012
|
1.26
|
53
|
Global epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease.
|
Popul Health Metr
|
2013
|
1.25
|
54
|
Epidemiology of Group B Streptococcus in developing countries.
|
Vaccine
|
2013
|
1.24
|
55
|
Communicating trends in resistance using a drug resistance index.
|
BMJ Open
|
2011
|
1.23
|
56
|
Public health and economic impact of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in the United States.
|
Vaccine
|
2010
|
1.23
|
57
|
Lower respiratory tract infections associated with influenza A and B viruses in an area with a high prevalence of pediatric human immunodeficiency type 1 infection.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2002
|
1.22
|
58
|
Development of the Respiratory Index of Severity in Children (RISC) score among young children with respiratory infections in South Africa.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
1.21
|
59
|
Reduced effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in children with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2002
|
1.19
|
60
|
The impact of antiretroviral treatment on the burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in South African children: a time series analysis.
|
AIDS
|
2011
|
1.19
|
61
|
Neisseria meningitidis intermediately resistant to penicillin and causing invasive disease in South Africa in 2001 to 2005.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2008
|
1.19
|
62
|
Analysis of penicillin-binding protein genes of clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae with reduced susceptibility to amoxicillin.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2002
|
1.16
|
63
|
Seasonality, incidence, and repeat human metapneumovirus lower respiratory tract infections in an area with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 infection.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2007
|
1.16
|
64
|
In vitro evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of ceftaroline against cephalosporin-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2008
|
1.16
|
65
|
Human metapneumovirus genetic variability, South Africa.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.15
|
66
|
Human metapneumovirus-associated lower respiratory tract infections among hospitalized human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected and HIV-1-uninfected African infants.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2003
|
1.14
|
67
|
Bacterial pathogens and death during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2009
|
1.14
|
68
|
Antibiotic resistance and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing rural Malawian children.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2003
|
1.14
|
69
|
Efficacy of whole-cell killed bacterial vaccines in preventing pneumonia and death during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2010
|
1.11
|
70
|
Increased incidence of meningococcal disease in HIV-infected individuals associated with higher case-fatality ratios in South Africa.
|
AIDS
|
2010
|
1.11
|
71
|
Pneumococcal coinfection with human metapneumovirus.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2006
|
1.09
|
72
|
Fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2006
|
1.08
|
73
|
Novel role for the Streptococcus pneumoniae toxin pneumolysin in the assembly of biofilms.
|
MBio
|
2013
|
1.08
|
74
|
Persistent high burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in South African HIV-infected adults in the era of an antiretroviral treatment program.
|
PLoS One
|
2011
|
1.08
|
75
|
Recommendations for treatment of childhood non-severe pneumonia.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2009
|
1.07
|
76
|
The relationship between pneumococcal serotypes and antibiotic resistance.
|
Vaccine
|
2012
|
1.07
|
77
|
The future of pneumococcal disease prevention.
|
Vaccine
|
2011
|
1.06
|
78
|
Immunogenicity and effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in HIV infected and uninfected African children.
|
Vaccine
|
2005
|
1.06
|
79
|
Fluoroquinolone resistance among clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae belonging to international multiresistant clones.
|
J Antimicrob Chemother
|
2002
|
1.05
|
80
|
The battle against emerging antibiotic resistance: should fluoroquinolones be used to treat children?
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2002
|
1.04
|
81
|
Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in the pre-conjugate vaccine era: South Africa, 2003-2008.
|
Vaccine
|
2013
|
1.04
|
82
|
Susceptibility of Yersinia pestis to novel and conventional antimicrobial agents.
|
J Antimicrob Chemother
|
2003
|
1.03
|
83
|
Variable recombination dynamics during the emergence, transmission and 'disarming' of a multidrug-resistant pneumococcal clone.
|
BMC Biol
|
2014
|
1.03
|
84
|
The LuxS-dependent quorum-sensing system regulates early biofilm formation by Streptococcus pneumoniae strain D39.
|
Infect Immun
|
2011
|
1.02
|
85
|
Vaccines as tools against resistance: the example of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
|
Semin Pediatr Infect Dis
|
2004
|
1.02
|
86
|
Quorum-sensing systems LuxS/autoinducer 2 and Com regulate Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilms in a bioreactor with living cultures of human respiratory cells.
|
Infect Immun
|
2013
|
1.01
|
87
|
Usefulness of C-reactive protein to define pneumococcal conjugate vaccine efficacy in the prevention of pneumonia.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2006
|
1.01
|
88
|
The multidrug-resistant PMEN1 pneumococcus is a paradigm for genetic success.
|
Genome Biol
|
2012
|
1.01
|
89
|
Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: an update after 7 years of use in the United States.
|
Vaccine
|
2009
|
1.00
|
90
|
Time from illness onset to death, 1918 influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2009
|
1.00
|
91
|
Conserved mutations in the pneumococcal bacteriocin transporter gene, blpA, result in a complex population consisting of producers and cheaters.
|
MBio
|
2011
|
1.00
|
92
|
Five-year cohort study of hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus associated lower respiratory tract infection in African children.
|
J Clin Virol
|
2006
|
0.99
|
93
|
Invasive pneumococcal pneumonia and respiratory virus co-infections.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2012
|
0.97
|
94
|
Live attenuated influenza vaccine, but not pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, protects against increased density and duration of pneumococcal carriage after influenza infection in pneumococcal colonized mice.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2013
|
0.97
|
95
|
Site-specific mutagenesis analysis of PBP 1A from a penicillin-cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal isolate.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2003
|
0.96
|
96
|
HIV and influenza virus infections are associated with increased blood pneumococcal load: a prospective, hospital-based observational study in South Africa, 2009-2011.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2013
|
0.96
|
97
|
Antibiotic non-susceptibility among Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae isolates identified in African cohorts: a meta-analysis of three decades of published studies.
|
Int J Antimicrob Agents
|
2013
|
0.96
|
98
|
Meningococcal disease in South Africa, 1999-2002.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2007
|
0.95
|
99
|
Expression of Streptococcus pneumoniae Virulence-Related Genes in the Nasopharynx of Healthy Children.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.95
|
100
|
Bacteraemic pneumococcal pneumonia: impact of HIV on clinical presentation and outcome.
|
J Infect
|
2007
|
0.95
|
101
|
Interspecies recombination in type II topoisomerase genes is not a major cause of fluoroquinolone resistance in invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in the United States.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2005
|
0.94
|
102
|
Interrelationship of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus colonization within and between pneumococcal-vaccine naïve mother-child dyads.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2013
|
0.94
|
103
|
Gender as a risk factor for both antibiotic resistance and infection with pediatric serogroups/serotypes, in HIV-infected and -uninfected adults with pneumococcal bacteremia.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2004
|
0.94
|
104
|
Amino acid mutations essential to production of an altered PBP 2X conferring high-level beta-lactam resistance in a clinical isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2005
|
0.94
|
105
|
The role of influenza and parainfluenza infections in nasopharyngeal pneumococcal acquisition among young children.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2014
|
0.93
|
106
|
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines: proceedings from an interactive symposium at the 41st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
|
Vaccine
|
2003
|
0.93
|
107
|
Long-term antibody levels and booster responses in South African children immunized with nonavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
|
Vaccine
|
2004
|
0.93
|
108
|
Distribution of factor H binding protein beyond serogroup B: variation among five serogroups of invasive Neisseria meningitidis in South Africa.
|
Vaccine
|
2010
|
0.93
|
109
|
Global practices of meningococcal vaccine use and impact on invasive disease.
|
Pathog Glob Health
|
2014
|
0.91
|
110
|
Increased risk of death in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children with pneumococcal meningitis in South Africa, 2003-2005.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2011
|
0.91
|
111
|
Use of 2 pneumococcal common protein real-time polymerase chain reaction assays in healthy children colonized with Streptococcus pneumoniae.
|
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
|
2011
|
0.90
|
112
|
Systemic shigellosis in South Africa.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2012
|
0.90
|
113
|
Immunogenicity after one, two or three doses and impact on the antibody response to coadministered antigens of a nonavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in infants of Soweto, South Africa.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2002
|
0.89
|
114
|
Invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae serotype b ten years after routine vaccination, South Africa, 2003-2009.
|
Vaccine
|
2011
|
0.89
|
115
|
Use of near-real-time medical claims data to generate timely vaccine coverage estimates in the US: the dynamics of PCV13 vaccine uptake.
|
Vaccine
|
2013
|
0.89
|
116
|
Defining the potential impact of conjugate bacterial polysaccharide-protein vaccines in reducing the burden of pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected and -uninfected children.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2002
|
0.88
|
117
|
Use of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein to evaluate vaccine efficacy against pneumonia.
|
PLoS Med
|
2005
|
0.88
|
118
|
Dynamics of pneumococcal transmission in vaccine-naive children and their HIV-infected or HIV-uninfected mothers during the first 2 years of life.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2013
|
0.88
|
119
|
Temporal changes in pneumococcal colonization in a rural African community with high HIV prevalence following routine infant pneumococcal immunization.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2013
|
0.88
|
120
|
Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from Shanghai, China.
|
Int J Antimicrob Agents
|
2008
|
0.88
|
121
|
High-level telithromycin resistance in a clinical isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2007
|
0.88
|
122
|
Interspecies recombination occurs frequently in quinolone resistance-determining regions of clinical isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2008
|
0.88
|
123
|
Herd immunity after pneumococcal conjugate vaccination.
|
Lancet
|
2007
|
0.87
|
124
|
Inferior quantitative and qualitative immune responses to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in infants with nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae during the primary series of immunization.
|
Vaccine
|
2011
|
0.87
|
125
|
Introduction: historical perspective and development of amoxicillin/clavulanate.
|
Int J Antimicrob Agents
|
2007
|
0.86
|
126
|
Altered PBP 2A and its role in the development of penicillin, cefotaxime, and ceftriaxone resistance in a clinical isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2005
|
0.86
|
127
|
Dose response of CRM197 and tetanus toxoid-conjugated Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines.
|
Vaccine
|
2004
|
0.86
|
128
|
An unusual pneumococcal sequence type is the predominant cause of serotype 3 invasive disease in South Africa.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2009
|
0.86
|
129
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Risk factors for multidrug-resistant invasive pneumococcal disease in South Africa, a setting with high HIV prevalence, in the prevaccine era from 2003 to 2008.
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Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2012
|
0.86
|
130
|
Interaction between influenza virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in severe pneumonia.
|
Expert Rev Respir Med
|
2008
|
0.85
|
131
|
Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine diluted tenfold in diphtheria-tetanus-whole cell pertussis vaccine: a randomized trial.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2002
|
0.85
|
132
|
Acquisition of Streptococcus pneumoniae in pneumococcal conjugate vaccine-naïve South African children and their mothers.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2013
|
0.85
|
133
|
Prevalence of first-step mutants among levofloxacin-susceptible invasive isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2006
|
0.85
|
134
|
Pathogen replication, host inflammation, and disease in the upper respiratory tract.
|
Infect Immun
|
2013
|
0.84
|
135
|
The remaining challenge of pneumonia: the leading killer of children.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2011
|
0.84
|
136
|
Economic burden of acute lower respiratory tract infection in South African children.
|
Paediatr Int Child Health
|
2012
|
0.84
|
137
|
3-monthly azithromycin administration for trachoma.
|
Lancet
|
2009
|
0.84
|
138
|
Apnea and its possible relationship to immunization in ex-premature infants.
|
Vaccine
|
2008
|
0.84
|
139
|
Molecular basis and clonal nature of increasing pneumococcal macrolide resistance in South Africa, 2000-2005.
|
Int J Antimicrob Agents
|
2008
|
0.84
|
140
|
Quinolone treatment for pediatric bacterial meningitis: a comparative study of trovafloxacin and ceftriaxone with or without vancomycin.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2002
|
0.83
|
141
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Impact of haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in South Africa and Argentina.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2004
|
0.83
|
142
|
Future challenges in the elimination of bacterial meningitis.
|
Vaccine
|
2012
|
0.83
|
143
|
Public health and economic impact of vaccination with 7-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PCV7) in the context of the annual influenza epidemic and a severe influenza pandemic.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2010
|
0.83
|
144
|
Heterogeneous macrolide resistance and gene conversion in the pneumococcus.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2006
|
0.83
|
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