Predictors of pneumococcal carriage and the effect of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in the Western Australian Aboriginal population
Abstract Background The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was introduced to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Western Australian (WA) Aboriginal people in 2001. PCV13 replaced PCV7 in July 2011, covering six additional pneumococcal serotypes; however, IPD rates remained hig...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-09-01
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Series: | Pneumonia |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41479-017-0038-x |