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Increased Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, North East England, UK

Since April 2014, invasive pneumococcal disease incidence has increased substantially across North East England, United Kingdom, reversing the decline that followed the 2006 introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Significant increases occurred in 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine serotypes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Houseman, Catherine, Hughes, Gareth J., Chapman, Kaye E., Wilson, Deborah, Gorton, Russell
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5176212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27983490
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.160897
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Sumario:Since April 2014, invasive pneumococcal disease incidence has increased substantially across North East England, United Kingdom, reversing the decline that followed the 2006 introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Significant increases occurred in 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine serotypes and nonvaccine serotypes. Trends in other regions and long-term effects of multivalent vaccines require further investigation.