Kawasaki disease and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination among young children: A self-controlled risk interval and cohort study with null results.

Kawasaki disease and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination among young children: A self-controlled risk interval and cohort study with null results.

<h4>Background</h4>Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis that primarily affects children younger than 5 years of age. Its etiology is unknown. The United States Vaccine Safety Datalink conducted postlicensure safety surveillance for 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13), com...

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Main Authors: Meghan A Baker, Bethany Baer, Martin Kulldorff, Lauren Zichittella, Rebecca Reindel, Sandra DeLuccia, Hana Lipowicz, Katherine Freitas, Robert Jin, W Katherine Yih
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-07-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002844

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002844

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