The impact of childhood pneumococcal vaccination on hospital admissions in England: a whole population observational study

The impact of childhood pneumococcal vaccination on hospital admissions in England: a whole population observational study

Abstract Background Pneumococcal infections are major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. We use routine hospital admissions data and time-series modelling analysis to estimate the impact of the seven and thirteen valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV7 and PCV13) on hospital admission...

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Main Authors: Tinevimbo Shiri, Noel D. McCarthy, Stavros Petrou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Hospital admissions
Interrupted time series analysis
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines
Pneumococcal disease
Indirect effects
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4119-8

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