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SUBMITTER: Ladhani SN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3557991 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ladhani Shamez N SN Slack Mary P E MP Andrews Nick J NJ Waight Pauline A PA Borrow Ray R Miller Elizabeth E
Emerging infectious diseases 20130101 1
We assessed known risk factors, clinical presentation, and outcome of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children 3-59 months of age after introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in England and Wales. During September 2006-March 2010, a total of 1,342 IPD episodes occurred in 1,332 children; 14.9% (198/1,332) had comorbidities. Compared with IPD caused by PCV7 serotypes (44/248; 17.7%), comorbidities were less common for the extra 3 serotypes in the 10-valent vacci ...[more]