Periodic cycles of pneumococcal serotypes carried by children before and after 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

Periodic cycles in the serotype-specific incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease have been described but less is known in carriage.We analyzed serotype carriage prevalence among children 0-6 years old over a 15-year period that included pre-PCV7 data and a decade of PCV7 use. Mixed generalized ad...

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Main Authors: Ana Cristina Paulo, Raquel Sá-Leão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5409052?pdf=render