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Respiratory Disease Vaccines

Research from O. Ochoa-Gondar and co-authors reveals new findings on respiratory disease vaccines

Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 28th, 2008

New investigation results, 'Effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination in older adults with chronic respiratory diseases: results of the EVAN-65 study,' are detailed in a study published in Vaccine. According to recent research published in the journal Vaccine, "A prospective cohort study evaluating the clinical effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine was conducted among 1298 Spanish older adults with chronic respiratory diseases (bronchitis, emphysema or asthma) who were followed between 2002 and 2005. Main outcomes were all-cause community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and 30 days mortality from CAP."

"The association between...

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