Lower respiratory infections mortality among Brazilians under-five before and after national pneumococcal conjugate vaccine implementation.
CONCLUSION: Mortality from LRI, PM, and DD decreased over time, irrespective of national PCV-10 implementation in Brazil. Other factors such as healthcare delivery, socioeconomic status improvement, and health interventions may have impacted this secular trend.
PMID: 32033849 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Vaccine - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Camargos P, Nascimento-Carvalho CM, Teixeira R, França E Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research
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