Invasive pneumococcal disease among hospitalized children in Brazil before and after the introduction of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
CONCLUSIONS: There was a significant reduction in the hospitalizations rates, ICU admissions, and fatalities due to IPD after PCV10 introduction in Brazil. Cases due to PCV10 serotypes were reduced, while infections rates caused by non-PCV10 serotypes increased.
PMID: 31874778 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Vaccine - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Berezin EN, Jarovsky D, Cardoso MRA, Mantese OC Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research
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