Evaluation of the effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for children in Korea with high vaccine coverage using a propensity score matched national population cohort

Objectives: This study was performed to evaluate the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of protein conjugated pneumococcal vaccines (PCV) in children with regard to all-cause pneumonia (ACP), pneumococcal pneumonia (PP), invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), and acute otitis media (AOM), in a country where t...

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Main Authors: Sangho Sohn, Kwan Hong, Byung Chul Chun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220300369