A longitudinal analysis of pneumococcal vaccine serotypes in pneumonia patients in Germany

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Contributors

  • Jena University Hospital
  • Augusta Hospitals Bochum Hattingen
  • University Hospital Münster
  • German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
  • CAPNETZ STIFTUNG

Abstract

In Germany, the recently approved 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine had a substantially higher coverage against pneumonia in adults than the 13-valent vaccine, while the coverage gap compared to the 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine was small https://bit.ly/3q4skov

Details

Original languageEnglish
JournalThe European respiratory journal
Volume59
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMedCentral PMC8812468
ORCID /0000-0001-6022-6827/work/127318521
Scopus 85124056875
WOS 000798166900018

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Keywords

  • Germany, Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Humans, Pneumococcal Infections/prevention & control, Pneumococcal Vaccines, Pneumonia, Pneumococcal/prevention & control, Serogroup, Serotyping, Vaccines, Conjugate, Serotype 3, Conjugate vaccine, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Serotype 8, Serotype-specific urinary antigen detection assay, Disease, Streptococcus-pneumoniae, Burden, Era, Children