Dynamics of invasive pneumococcal disease in infants & lt; 2 years old following PCV7/13 implementation using two infant and a booster dose schedule: evidence for indirect protection of young infants, Israel, 2004 to 2019
ConclusionsIndirect (herd) protection of infants, including < 4 month-olds with ≤ 1 PCV dose, was achieved by the 2+1 PCV schedule programme which thus seems adequate.PMID:37347413 | DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.25.2200765
Source: Euro Surveill - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Shalom Ben-Shimol Bart Adriaan van der Beek Meirav Mor Orli Megged Ron Dagan Israeli Pediatric Bacteremia and Meningitis Group (IPBMG) and the Microbiology Group Source Type: research
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