Distribution of serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease in older adults from high-income countries and impact of pediatric and adult vaccination policies

CONCLUSIONS: Vaccinating older adults with higher-valency PCVs, especially PCV20, could substantially reduce the remaining IPD burden in high-income countries, regardless of current PCV use in pediatric NIPs and adult PPSV23 policies.PMID:37544825 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.08.001

Source: Vaccine - August 6, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Lindsay R Grant Mary P E Slack Christian Theilacker Jelena Vojicic St éphane Dion Ralf-Rene Reinert Luis Jodar Bradford D Gessner Source Type: research