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Persistent circulation of vaccine serotypes and serotype replacement after 5 years of infant immunization with 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the United Kingdom

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Background: Following programmatic introduction of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13), there is residual carriage and disease due to PCV13-covered serotypes.

Methods: PCV13-immunized children aged 13–48 months, N = 988, were enrolled between February 2014 and August 2015 (“late PCV13”), and had nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage compared with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) immunized chi...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1093/infdis/jiz178

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
Oxford college:
All Souls College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0001-6324-6559
Publisher:
Oxford University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Infectious Diseases Journal website
Volume:
221
Issue:
8
Pages:
1361-1370
Publication date:
2019-04-22
Acceptance date:
2019-03-01
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EISSN:
1537-6613
ISSN:
0022-1899
Language:
English
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pubs:982523
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uuid:6b339259-8590-488f-9155-45b0938147d0
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pubs:982523
Source identifiers:
982523
Deposit date:
2019-03-15

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