Immunogenicity of the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Older Adults With and Without Comorbidities in the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Immunization Trial in Adults (CAPiTA)
Author(s) -
Anna M.M. van Deursen,
Marlies A. van Houten,
Chris Webber,
Michael A. Patton,
Daniel A. Scott,
Scott D. Patterson,
Mohinder Sidhu,
Wayne Drews,
William C. Gruber,
Emilio A. Emini,
Diederick E. Grobbee,
Marc J. M. Bonten,
Elisabeth A. M. Sanders
Publication year - 2017
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 - 10.1093/cid/cix419
Subject(s) - medicine , immunogenicity , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , pneumonia , immunization , pneumococcal pneumonia , pediatrics , streptococcus pneumoniae , immunology , antibody , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
In the randomized controlled Community-Acquired Pneumonia Immunization Trial in Adults (CAPiTA), the efficacy of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) against first episodes of vaccine-type community-acquired pneumonia in adults aged ≥65 years was 46%. The long-term immunogenicity of PCV13 in pneumococcal vaccine-naive older adults was investigated as part of CAPiTA.
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