Herd effects of child vaccination with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against pneumococcal non-invasive community-acquired pneumonia: What is the evidence?

Cornelis H. van Werkhoven*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Quantification of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) herd effects are mainly performed on invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) but there is conflicting evidence regarding herd effects of PCVs on non-IPD pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia. This review summarizes the available literature on herd effects of PCVs on non-IPD pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1177-1181
Number of pages5
JournalHuman Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
Volume13
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 May 2017

Keywords

  • herd effects
  • invasive pneumococcal disease
  • pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
  • pneumococcal pneumonia

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