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| M Teresa B ValenzuelaSummaryAffiliation: Universidad de Los Andes Country: Chile Publications
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Immunogenicity of a 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in elderly residents of a long-term care facilityM Teresa B Valenzuela
Medical School of Public Health, University of Los Andes, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
Braz J Infect Dis 11:322-6. 2007..The results thus support the benefits of this pneumococcal vaccine in this elderly population who are at increased risk of invasive pneumococcal disease...
The burden of pneumococcal disease among Latin American and Caribbean children: review of the evidenceMaria Teresa Valenzuela
Universidad de Los Andes, Salud Pública y Epidemiología, San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, Chile
Rev Panam Salud Publica 25:270-9. 2009..To conduct a comprehensive review of data on pneumococcal disease incidence in Latin America and the Caribbean and project the annual number of pneumococcal disease episodes and deaths among children < 5 years of age in the region...
Antibiotic resistance in Latin America: a cause for alarmM Teresa Valenzuela
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile
Vaccine 27:C25-8. 2009..Existing surveillance systems must be continued to recognise changes in patterns of resistance and the serotypes that cause pneumococcal disease...
[Vaccines against hepatitis A and B in Chile]M Teresa Valenzuela
Departamento de Salud Pública y Epidemiología, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile
Rev Med Chil 137:844-51. 2009..If Chilean health authorities pretend to reach the enteric disease indicators of developed countries, they must accelerate the epidemiological transition towards the elimination of hepatitis A...
