A cross-sectional observational study of pneumococcal carriage in children, their parents, and older adults following the introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

Using nasopharyngeal carriage as a marker of vaccine impact, pneumococcal colonization and its relation to invasive disease were examined in children, their parents, and older adults in the United Kingdom following introduction of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) and prior to 13-valent...

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Main Authors: Hamaluba, M, Kandasamy, R, Ndimah, S, Morton, R, Caccamo, M, Robinson, H, Kelly, S, Field, A, Norman, L, Plested, E, Thompson, B, Zafar, A, Kerridge, S, Lazarus, R, John, T, Holmes, J, Fenlon, S, Gould, K, Waight, P, Hinds, J, Crook, D, Snape, M, Pollard, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins 2015