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Spatial Variability in the Persistence of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine-targeted Pneumococcal Serotypes Among Adults
Warren JL, Pingali SC, Weinberger DM. Spatial Variability in the Persistence of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine-targeted Pneumococcal Serotypes Among Adults. Epidemiology 2017, 28: 119-126. PMID: 27541841, PMCID: PMC5131859, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000000551.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaccine-targeted serotypesInvasive pneumococcal disease casesPneumococcal disease casesDirect vaccinationDisease casesInvasive pneumococcal diseaseConjugate vaccinePneumococcal diseaseVaccine serotypesVaccine uptakePneumococcal serotypesLeading causeBaseline proportionRate of declineNumber of casesAdult populationVaccinationStudy periodVaccineSerotypesAdultsChildrenHigh levelsMorbidityGeographic regions
2024
Estimated Population-Level Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Against All-Cause Pneumonia Mortality Among Unvaccinated in 5 Latin American Countries
Prunas O, Shioda K, Toscano C, Bastias M, Valenzuela-Bravo M, Tito J, Warren J, Weinberger D, de Oliveira L. Estimated Population-Level Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Against All-Cause Pneumonia Mortality Among Unvaccinated in 5 Latin American Countries. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2024, 230: e768-e776. PMID: 38502711, PMCID: PMC11481321, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAll-cause pneumoniaPneumonia deathsPneumonia mortalityAge groupsPneumococcal conjugate vaccineProportion of IPD casesInvasive pneumococcal diseaseMulti-country studyIPD casesOlder age groupsPopulation-level impactMortality dataYears of ageInvasive pneumococcal disease casesConjugate vaccinePneumococcal conjugate vaccine introductionEffect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccinesTemporal trendsImpact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccinesUnvaccinated age groupsMortalityEvaluate changesPost-vaccination periodVaccine serotypesNo significant changes