Assessing the efficiency of catch-up campaigns for the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a modelling study based on data from PCV10 introduction in Kilifi, Kenya

Assessing the efficiency of catch-up campaigns for the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a modelling study based on data from PCV10 introduction in Kilifi, Kenya

Abstract Background The World Health Organisation recommends the use of catch-up campaigns as part of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) to accelerate herd protection and hence PCV impact. The value of a catch-up campaign is a trade-off between the costs of vaccinating additi...

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Main Authors: Stefan Flasche, John Ojal, Olivier Le Polain de Waroux, Mark Otiende, Katherine L. O’Brien, Moses Kiti, D. James Nokes, W John Edmunds, J. Anthony G. Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Pneumococcus
Catch-up
Vaccination
PCV
Dose efficiency
Impact
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0882-9

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