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Decline in Pneumococcal Disease Attenuated in Older Adults and Those With Comorbidities Following Universal Childhood PCV13 Immunization

BACKGROUND: Following introduction of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in the United States, epidemiology of pneumococcal disease shifted such that disease incidence in the elderly exceeded that in children. We evaluated the impact of replacing PCV7 with PCV13 on disease burden in adul...

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Autores principales: Pelton, Stephen I, Bornheimer, Rebecca, Doroff, Robin, Shea, Kimberly M, Sato, Reiko, Weycker, Derek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6522679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30239637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy800