Impact and Effectiveness of 10 and 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on Hospitalization and Mortality in Children Aged Less than 5 Years in Latin American Countries: A Systematic Review.

Impact and Effectiveness of 10 and 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on Hospitalization and Mortality in Children Aged Less than 5 Years in Latin American Countries: A Systematic Review.

Several Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have introduced pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-10 or PCV-13) in their routine national immunization programs.We aimed to summarize the evidence of PCV impact and effectiveness in children under 5 years old in the LAC Region.We conducted a sys...

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Main Authors: Lucia Helena de Oliveira, Luiz Antonio B Camacho, Evandro S F Coutinho, Martha S Martinez-Silveira, Ana Flavia Carvalho, Cuauhtemoc Ruiz-Matus, Cristiana M Toscano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5152835?pdf=render

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