If this research is confirmed it may be one more way to reduce ear infections in children.
These results confirm that using the H influenzae-derived protein D as a carrier protein for pneumococcal polysaccharides not only allowed protection against pneumococcal otitis, but also against acute otitis media due to non-typable H influenzae. Whether this approach would also allow improved protection against lower respiratory tract infections warrants further investigation.
Ref: The Lancet: Volume 367, Issue 9512 , 4 March 2006-10 March 2006, Pages 740-748
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