Sustained Reductions in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in the Era of Conjugate Vaccine

Pilishvili, Tamara; Lexau, Catherine; M. Farley, Monica; L. Hadler, James; H. Harrison, Lee; M. Bennett, Nancy; Reingold, Arthur; Thomas, Ann; Schaffner, William; S. Craig, Allen; J Smith, Philip; Beall, Bernard; G. Whitney, Cynthia; R. Moore, Matthew

doi:10.1086/648593

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Sustained Reductions in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in the Era of Conjugate Vaccine

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Nov 30, 2009

Authors:

Tamara Pilishvili

Catherine Lexau

Monica M. Farley

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Changes in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) incidence were evaluated after 7 years of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) use in US children. METHODS: Laboratory-confirmed IPD cases were identified during 1998-2007 by 8 active population-based surveillance sites. We compare...

Subject

Pneumococcal disease

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Pneumococcal infections

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