Pneumococcal serotype trends, surveillance and risk factors in UK adult pneumonia, 201318

Prospective cohort study (n=2,934) found that the incidence of pneumococcal community acquired pneumonia increased from 32.2 to 48.2 per 100 000 population, predominantly due to non-vaccine type serotype and serotype 3.
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