Determinants of high residual post-PCV13 pneumococcal vaccine-type carriage in Blantyre, Malawi: a modelling study

Determinants of high residual post-PCV13 pneumococcal vaccine-type carriage in Blantyre, Malawi: a modelling study

Abstract Background In November 2011, Malawi introduced the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) into the routine infant schedule. Four to 7 years after introduction (2015–2018), rolling prospective nasopharyngeal carriage surveys were performed in the city of Blantyre. Carriage of Strep...

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Main Authors: J. Lourenço, U. Obolski, T. D. Swarthout, A. Gori, N. Bar-Zeev, D. Everett, A. W. Kamng’ona, T. S. Mwalukomo, A. A. Mataya, C. Mwansambo, M. Banda, S. Gupta, N. French, R. S. Heyderman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Pneumococcus
pcv13
Modelling
Malawi
Intervention
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1450-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1450-2

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