Pneumococcal serotype distribution in adults with invasive disease and in carrier children in Italy: Should we expect herd protection of adults through infants' vaccination?

The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) produced a significant herd protection in unvaccinated adult population mostly because of pneumococcus carriage decrease in vaccinated children. It is not known if the 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine can give similar effect on adults. Aims of the wor...

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Autores principales: Azzari, Chiara, Cortimiglia, Martina, Nieddu, Francesco, Moriondo, Maria, Indolfi, Giuseppe, Mattei, Romano, Zuliani, Massimo, Adriani, Beatrice, Degl'Innocenti, Roberto, Consales, Guglielmo, Aquilini, Donatella, Bini, Giancarlo, Di Natale, Massimo Edoardo, Canessa, Clementina, Ricci, Silvia, de Vitis, Elisa, Mangone, Giusi, Bechini, Angela, Bonanni, Paolo, Pasinato, Angela, Resti, Massimo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2015
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5049737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26647277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2015.1102811

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