Anticapsular Serum Antibody Concentration and Protection against Pneumococcal Colonization among Children Vaccinated with 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine | Zendy

Eugene V. Millar | Zendy; Katherine L. O’Brien | Zendy; Melinda A. Bronsdon | Zendy; Dace V. Madore | Zendy; Jill Hackell | Zendy; Ray Reid | Zendy; Mathuram Santosham | Zendy

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Anticapsular Serum Antibody Concentration and Protection against Pneumococcal Colonization among Children Vaccinated with 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

Author(s) -

Eugene V. Millar,

Katherine L. O’Brien,

Melinda A. Bronsdon,

Dace V. Madore,

Jill Hackell,

Ray Reid,

Mathuram Santosham

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/513199

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , serotype , pneumococcal disease , conjugate vaccine , immunology , conjugate , virology , antibody , pneumococcal infections , streptococcus pneumoniae , antibody response , immunization , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology , mathematical analysis , mathematics

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines prevent invasive and noninvasive disease due to infection with vaccine serotypes. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines also prevent nasopharyngeal acquisition of vaccine serotypes, although the mechanism is incompletely understood.

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