Effectiveness of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against vaccine-type invasive pneumococcal disease in Pakistan

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) against invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) due to vaccine serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae post introduction of the vaccine into the routine immunization program in Pakistan. Methods: A matched case–cont...

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Main Authors: Atif Riaz, Syed Mohiuddin, Sara Husain, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Muhammad Sajid, Furqan Kabir, Najeeb ur Rehman, Waseem Mirza, Basit Salam, Naila Nadeem, Khatidja Pardhan, Khalid Mehmood A. Khan, Syed Jamal Raza, Fehmina Arif, Khalid Iqbal, Hassan Khalid Zuberi, Cynthia G. Whitney, Saad B. Omer, Anita K.M. Zaidi, Asad Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218349580