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

• Main Authors: KF O'Grady (Author), JB Carlin (Author), AB Chang (Author), PJ Torzillo (Author), TM Nolan (Author), A Ruben (Author), RM Andrews (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...