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http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...s-potentially-lethal-streptococcus-serotype-3
Another child was yesterday confirmed to have been infected by a lethal bug which killed a five-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy within a week last month.
The three-year-old girl was in serious condition at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan.
She is believed to be the ninth Hong Kong child under the age of five to be infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 this year. University of Hong Kong microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung said although the latest pneumococcal vaccine, Prevnar 13 (PCV13), is only about 63 per cent effective in children under three - the group at most risk of infection - it was still worthwhile for them to take a jab....
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...s-potentially-lethal-streptococcus-serotype-3
Another child was yesterday confirmed to have been infected by a lethal bug which killed a five-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy within a week last month.
The three-year-old girl was in serious condition at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan.
She is believed to be the ninth Hong Kong child under the age of five to be infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 this year. University of Hong Kong microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung said although the latest pneumococcal vaccine, Prevnar 13 (PCV13), is only about 63 per cent effective in children under three - the group at most risk of infection - it was still worthwhile for them to take a jab....
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...s-potentially-lethal-streptococcus-serotype-3