Residual colonization by vaccine serotypes in rural South Africa four years following initiation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunization.

Residual colonization by vaccine serotypes in rural South Africa four years following initiation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunization.2021-04-01T15:39:14+02:00

Residual colonization by vaccine serotypes in rural South Africa four years following initiation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunization.

Background: We evaluated pneumococcal colonization in children and adults between the time of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) introduction in the immunization program in 2009 to two years after transitioning to PCV13 in 2011.

Author List: Madhi SA, Nzenze SA, Nunes MC, Chinyanganya L, Van Niekerk N, Kahn K, Twine R, De Gouveia L, Von Gottberg A, Shiri T.

Journal Name: Expert Rev Vaccines. 2020 Apr;19(4):383-393. doi: 10.1080/14760584.2020.1750377. Epub 2020 Apr 10. PMID: 32237932.

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Residual colonization by vaccine serotypes in rural South Africa four years following initiation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunization.

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