Indirect Effect of Conjugate Vaccine on Adult Carriage of<i>Streptococcus pneumoniae:</i>An Explanation of Trends in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease - Concepedia

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Indirect Effect of Conjugate Vaccine on Adult Carriage of<i>Streptococcus pneumoniae:</i>An Explanation of Trends in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

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2006

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Laura L. Hammitt, Dana L. Bruden, Jay C. Butler, Henry C. Baggett, Debby Hurlburt, Alisa Reasonover, Thomas W. Hennessy

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Abstract

Pediatric vaccination with PCV7 has resulted in decreased PCV7-type pneumococcal carriage among adults and helps to explain recent decreases in the rate of PCV7-type invasive pneumococcal disease among adults.

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