Indirect impact of childhood 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in Canadian older adults: a Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) retrospective observational study
Sharifa Nasreen,
Jun Wang,
Fawziah Marra
et al.
Abstract:Background13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) has been part of publicly funded childhood immunisation programmes in Ontario and British Columbia (BC) since 2010. We assessed the indirect impact of infant PCV13 programmes on invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and all-cause pneumonia hospitalisation in older adults (aged ≥65 years) using a retrospective observational study.MethodsWe extracted monthly IPD and all-cause pneumonia cases from laboratory and health administrative databases between Janua… Show more
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