Pneumococcal Disease Vaccines
New pneumococcal disease vaccines research has been reported by scientists at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 28th, 2007
New investigation results, 'Incidence of pneumococcal disease due to non-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) serotypes in the United States during the era of widespread PCV7 vaccination, 1998-2004,' are detailed in a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. "Widespread use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) resulted in decreases in invasive disease among children and elderly persons. The benefits may be offset by increases in disease due to serotypes not included in the vaccine (hereafter, 'nonvaccine serotypes')," scientists in the United States report.
"We evaluated the effect of PCV7 on incidence of disease due to nonvaccine serotypes...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2007-11-28)
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