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MeSH Heading: Pneumococcal Vaccines
Tree Number(s): D20.215.894.135.750.600
Unique ID: D022242
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D022242
Scope Note: Vaccines or candidate vaccines used to prevent infections with STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE.
Entry Term(s): Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine; Pneumococcal Vaccine; Pneumovax; Pnu-Imune Vaccine
Registry Numbers: 0
NLM Classification #: WC 217
Previous Indexing: Bacterial Vaccines (1965-2000)
Public MeSH Note: 2001; PNEUMOVAX (now PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES) was indexed under BACTERIAL VACCINES 1983-2000 & POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL 1978-1982
History Note: 2001; use PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES (NM) to search PNEUMOVAX 1978-2000
Date Established: 2001/01/01
Date of Entry: 2000/06/22
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Pneumococcal Vaccines MeSH Descriptor Data 2025