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Pneumococcal Vaccines MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


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 Introduced
2001/01/01
Last Updated
2020/05/27
Pneumococcal Vaccines Preferred
Pnu-Imune Vaccine Narrower
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Narrower
Pneumovax Narrower
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