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SUBMITTER: Ridda I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3395279 | biostudies-other | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ridda Iman I Musher Daniel M DM
The Australasian medical journal 20120430 4
Longstanding controversy over the efficacy of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) led to a recommendation by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) of the United Kingdom in March 2011, to discontinue routine use of PPV23 in older adults.(1) Following careful review of the evidence and feedback from stakeholders, the JCVI decided to retain the original policy of uniform vaccination of adults >65 years of age, while keeping the subject under continued review. ...[more]