The impact of introduction of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal carriage in Nigeria

The impact of introduction of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal carriage in Nigeria

Abstract Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) protect against invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) among vaccinees. However, at population level, this protection is driven by indirect effects. PCVs prevent nasopharyngeal acquisition of vaccine-serotype (VT) pneumococci, reducing onward transmission...

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Main Authors: Aishatu L. Adamu, J. Ojal, Isa A. Abubakar, Kofo A. Odeyemi, Musa M. Bello, Christy A. N. Okoromah, Boniface Karia, Angela Karani, Donald. Akech, Victor Inem, J. Anthony G. Scott, Ifedayo M. O. Adetifa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38277-z

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38277-z

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