The serotype distribution among healthy carriers before vaccination is essential for predicting the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on invasive disease.
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) have substantially reduced morbidity and mortality of pneumococcal disease. The impact of the 7-valent PCV on all-serotype invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) among children was reported to vary between high-income countries. We investigate the ability to predi...
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| Formato: | Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-04-01
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| Colección: | PLoS Computational Biology |
| Acceso en línea: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4400047?pdf=render |