The Impact of Age on the Efficacy of 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Elderly

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Abstract

In a post hoc analysis of the Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) immunization Trial in Adults the model-predicted 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine efficacy for preventing vaccine-type specific CAP and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease declined from 65% to 40% for subjects being 65 and 75 year olds at the time of vaccination, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1835-1838
Number of pages4
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume61
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Dec 2015

Keywords

  • pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
  • community-acquired pneumonia
  • invasive pneumococcal disease
  • vaccine efficacy
  • immunosenescence

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