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Invasive pneumococcal disease in patients with haematological malignancies before routine use of conjugate vaccines in Finland

Vesa LindströmCancer Center, Department of Hematology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; Correspondence[email protected]
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Janne AittoniemiDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere, Finland;
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Outi LyytikäinenEpidemiologic Surveillance and Control Unit, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland;
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Peter KlemetsPorvoo Hospital, Porvoo, Finland;
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Jukka OllgrenEpidemiologic Surveillance and Control Unit, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland;
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Raija SilvennoinenDepartment of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland;
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J. Pekka NuortiEpidemiologic Surveillance and Control Unit, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland; ;School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland;
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Marjatta SinisaloDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Pages 399-402 | Received 18 May 2015, Accepted 20 Oct 2015, Published online: 04 Dec 2015

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