A pragmatic health centre-based evaluation comparing the effectiveness of a PCV13 schedule change from 3+0 to 2+1 in a high pneumococcal carriage and disease burden setting in Malawi: a study protocol

A pragmatic health centre-based evaluation comparing the effectiveness of a PCV13 schedule change from 3+0 to 2+1 in a high pneumococcal carriage and disease burden setting in Malawi: a study protocol

Introduction Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is commonly carried as a commensal bacterium in the nasopharynx but can cause life-threatening disease. Transmission occurs by human respiratory droplets and interruption of this process provides herd immunity. A 2017 WHO Consultation on Optim...

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Main Authors: Ana Ibarz-Pavon, Neil French, Charles Mwansambo, Robert S Heyderman, Stephen B Gordon, James Chirombo, Andrea Gori, Todd D Swarthout, Gift Kawalazira, George Sinjani, Peter Chalusa, Farouck Bonomali, Roseline Nyirenda, Edwin Bulla, Comfort Brown, Jacquline Msefula, Marjory Banda, Jean Kachala, Marc YR Henrion
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/6/e050312.full

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