The preventable burden of pneumococcal disease in the developing world
Scott JA;;
Vaccine2007Vol. 25pp. -
366
ja2007vaccinethe
Abstract
The efficacy of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) and their remarkable success in operational use in North America challenge us to define the burden of pneumococcal disease and the likely benefits of PCV use in developing countries. Community-based incidence studies of invasive pneumococcal dise …