2025
Evaluating the association between routine pneumococcal vaccination and COVID-19 severity among older adults in the United States: A case control study
Prunas O, Tiu A, Shioda K, Bansal S, Weinberger D. Evaluating the association between routine pneumococcal vaccination and COVID-19 severity among older adults in the United States: A case control study. Vaccine X 2025, 24: 100622. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2025.100622.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-19 patientsCase-control studyIntensive care unitSevere respiratory symptomsPneumococcal vaccineSevere outcomesRespiratory symptomsOdds of progressionReceipt of pneumococcal vaccinationCOVID-19 severitySevere COVID-19 outcomesLogistic regression modelsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Streptococcus pneumoniaeAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Non-severeRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Care unitControlled studiesPatientsSyndrome coronavirus 2COVID-19 outcomesSARS-CoV-2VaccineCoronavirus 2
2015
Association Between Local Pediatric Vaccination Rates and Patterns of Pneumococcal Disease in Adults
Pingali SC, Warren JL, Mead AM, Sharova N, Petit S, Weinberger DM. Association Between Local Pediatric Vaccination Rates and Patterns of Pneumococcal Disease in Adults. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2015, 213: 509-515. PMID: 26310307, PMCID: PMC4721904, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseasePneumococcal diseaseIPD casesPopulation-based surveillance systemZip code level dataAdult IPD casesDoses of PCV7Effectiveness of PCVsPediatric vaccination ratesVaccination of childrenState immunization registryZip codesLogistic regression modelsPCV7 serotypesHigher proportionVaccination ratesImmunization registryDisease patternsDiseaseAdultsPCV7PCVSerotypesChildrenDoses
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