Article: Vaccine also fighting viral pneumonia

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Vaccine also fighting viral pneumonia

Compiled by Kawanza L. Griffin of the Journal Sentinel staff.

Monday, July 19, 2004

A vaccine designed to prevent bacterial pneumonia also reduced the number of virus-related cases of the disease, according to research that indicates the two types of infection may interact.

In tests in more than 37,000 children in South Africa, the pneumococcal vaccine also prevented 31% of ...

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