Effectiveness of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against radiologically diagnosed pneumonia in indigenous infants in Australia

• Hauptverfasser: KF O'Grady (Verfasst von), JB Carlin (Verfasst von), AB Chang (Verfasst von), PJ Torzillo (Verfasst von), TM Nolan (Verfasst von), A Ruben (Verfasst von), RM Andrews (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: The World Health Organization, 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in preventing pneumonia, diagnosed radiologically according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, among indigenous infants in the Northern Territory of Australia. METHODS: We conducted a historical...