Assessing the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease using polymerase chain reaction-based surveillance: an experience from South Africa

BACKGROUND: The use of molecular diagnostic techniques for the evaluation of the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) has not been documented. We aimed to evaluate the impact of PCVs on invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based techniques and compare...

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Autores principales: Tempia, Stefano, Wolter, Nicole, Cohen, Cheryl, Walaza, Sibongile, von Mollendorf, Claire, Cohen, Adam L., Moyes, Jocelyn, de Gouveia, Linda, Nzenze, Susan, Treurnicht, Florette, Venter, Marietjie, Groome, Michelle J., Madhi, Shabir A., von Gottberg, Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26496761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1198-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26496761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1198-z

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