Pneumococcal epidemiology among us adults hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia.

CONCLUSIONS: After implementation of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccination program in US children, and despite the herd protection observed in US adults, a persistent burden of PCV13-type CAP remains in this population.
PMID: 31072732 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Vaccine - May 5, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Isturiz RE, Ramirez J, Self WH, Grijalva CG, Counselman FL, Volturo G, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Peyrani P, Wunderink RG, Sherwin R, Overcash JS, Oliva SP, File T, Wiemken TL, McLaughlin JM, Pride MW, Gray S, Alexander R, Ford KD, Jiang Q, Jodar L Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research