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Pneumococcal vaccine in children decreases pneumococcal disease in HIV+ adults

Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 8th, 2006

Pneumococcal immunization in children decreases invasive pneumococcal disease among HIV-infected adults.

According to a report from the United States, "Adults infected with HIV have high rates of invasive pneumococcal disease. Introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for children could affect disease among HIV-infected adults."

"[Our objective was] to compare invasive pneumococcal disease among HIV-infected adults before and after the introduction of a pediatric conjugate vaccine [using] active laboratory-based surveillance in an adult population of 10.8 million, including 38,314 living with AIDS [in] seven Active Bacterial Core surveillance...

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