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Estimated impact of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumonia mortality in South Africa, 1999 through 2016: An ecological modelling study

BACKGROUND: Data on the national-level impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) introduction on mortality are lacking from Africa. PCV was introduced in South Africa in 2009. We estimated the impact of PCV introduction on all-cause pneumonia mortality in South Africa, while controlling for cha...

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Autores principales: Kleynhans, Jackie, Tempia, Stefano, Shioda, Kayoko, von Gottberg, Anne, Weinberger, Daniel M., Cohen, Cheryl
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7924778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33591995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003537