Disparities in invasive pneumococcal disease, pneumonia, and otitis media among US children by comorbidity profile and insurance status

BackgroundNear-universal pediatric use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in the United States (US) has yielded substantive reductions childhood invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), pneumonia (PNE), and otitis media (OM), especially among at-risk populations. We evaluated residual disparities in dis...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Public Health
Main Authors:	Rotem Lapidot, Ahuva Averin, Derek Weycker, Liping Huang, Jeffrey Vietri, Adriano Arguedas, Alejandro Cane, Alexander Lonshteyn, Mark H. Rozenbaum, Stephen I. Pelton
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Subjects:	Streptococcus pneumoniae infections pneumonia otitis media child
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1558157/full