Comparison of early effects of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines: PCV7, PCV10 and PCV13 on Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal carriage in a population based study; The Palestinian-Israeli Collaborative Research (PICR).

BACKGROUND:Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs), PCV10 and PCV13, are currently used in different countries. We have previously reported the effectiveness of PCV7, following its introduction in Israel and before PCVs were introduced in Palestine. Here, we extended the study and compared the initia...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rania Abu Seir, Kifaya Azmi, Ayob Hamdan, Hanan Namouz, Fuad Jaar, Hanaa Jaber, Carmit Rubin, Dafna Doron, Galia Rahav, Ziad Abdeen, Gili Regev-Yochay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6231627?pdf=render