Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Turning the Tide on Inequity: A Retrospective Cohort Study of New Zealand Children Born 2006–2015 | Zendy

Helen PetousisHarris | Zendy; Anna S. Howe | Zendy; Janine Paynter | Zendy; Nikki Turner | Zendy; Jennifer Griffin | Zendy

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Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Turning the Tide on Inequity: A Retrospective Cohort Study of New Zealand Children Born 2006–2015

Author(s) -

Helen PetousisHarris,

Anna S. Howe,

Janine Paynter,

Nikki Turner,

Jennifer Griffin

Publication year - 2018

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/ciy570

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , retrospective cohort study , cohort , conjugate , pediatrics , streptococcus pneumoniae , surgery , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , mathematical analysis , mathematics

Hospitalization rates for infectious diseases in New Zealand (NZ) children have increased since 1989. The highest burden is among Māori and Pacific children, and the most socioeconomically deprived. New Zealand introduced pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)7 in June 2008, PCV10 in 2011, and PCV13 in 2014.

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