A reflection on invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumococcal conjugate vaccination coverage in children in Southern Europe (2009–2016)

Higher-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) were licensed from 2009 in Europe; similar worldwide clinical effectiveness was observed for PCVs in routine use. Despite a proven medical need, PCV vaccination in Southern Europe remained suboptimal until 2015/16. We searched PubMed for manuscrip...

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Published in:	Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Main Authors:	Marta Moreira, Olga Castro, Melissa Palmieri, Sofia Efklidou, Stefano Castagna, Bernard Hoet
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2017-06-01
Subjects:	invasive pneumococcal disease national immunisation programmes pneumococcal conjugate vaccine southern europe vaccination coverage
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2016.1263409