Effectiveness of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against radiologically diagnosed pneumonia in indigenous infants in Australia

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in preventing pneumonia, diagnosed radiologically according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, among indigenous infants in the Northern Territory of Australia. METHODS: We conducted a historical...

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Main Authors: KF O'Grady, JB Carlin, AB Chang, PJ Torzillo, TM Nolan, A Ruben, RM Andrews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2010-02-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862010000200015&lng=en&tlng=en