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Indirect effect of 7-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccines on pneumococcal pneumonia hospitalizations in elderly

BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of mortality and has a high burden in morbidity. In Portugal, 7-valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine (PCV) was used since 2001 and PCV10/13 since 2009, being the last introduced into the National Immunization Program in 2015. METHODS: We conducted...

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Autores principales: Kislaya, Irina, Rodrigues, Ana Paula, Sousa-Uva, Mafalda, Gómez, Verónica, Gonçalves, Paulo, Froes, Filipe, Nunes, Baltazar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6334925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30650091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209428