Overall effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines: An economic analysis of PHiD-CV and PCV-13 in the immunization of infants in Italy

• Main Authors: Paolo Castiglia (Author), Lorenzo Pradelli (Author), Stefano Castagna (Author), Veronica Freguglia (Author), Giorgio Palù (Author), Susanna Esposito (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pneumococcal diseases are associated with a significant clinical and economic burden. The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) has been used for the immunization of newborns against invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD) in Italy while now, the pneumococcal non-typeable Haemophilus influenz...