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

• Autores principales: KF O'Grady (Autor), JB Carlin (Autor), AB Chang (Autor), PJ Torzillo (Autor), TM Nolan (Autor), A Ruben (Autor), RM Andrews (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: The World Health Organization, 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: 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...