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SUBMITTER: Wagenvoort GH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5356421 | biostudies-other | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wagenvoort Gertjan H J GH Sanders Elisabeth A M EA Vlaminckx Bart J BJ de Melker Hester E HE van der Ende Arie A Knol Mirjam J MJ
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 20170301 10
Implementation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in the Netherlands (PCV7 in 2006 and PCV10 in 2011) for infants caused a shift in serotypes in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). We explored sex differences in serotype-specific IPD incidence before and after vaccine introduction. Incidences in the pre-PCV7 (June 2004-May 2006), post-PCV7 (June 2008-May 2011) and post-PCV10 period (June 2013-May 2015), stratified by age, were compared. Incidence was higher in men for all age groups (overall in ...[more]