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Immunisations: pneumococcal

Pneumococcal disease

Meningitis, blood poisoning (septicaemia) and pneumonia are forms of Pneumococcal disease. Children and the elderly are most badly affected. Following the introduction of Hib and meningococcal C conjugate vaccines, Pneumococcal infection is now one of the most common causes of invasive bacterial infection in children and from September 2006 is now part of the childhood immunisation programme.

Statistics on Influenza and Pneumococcal vaccinations PDF Button(1521kb)are available from PTI dataset at ISD.

Information on the incidence of Pneumococcal infections can be obtained from the Health Protection Scotland website.