Open AccessChanges in the pneumococcal vaccine serotypes in adult noninvasive pneumonia after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination for children
Author(s) -
Hiroaki Takeda,
Chisa Sato,
Bin Chang,
Midori Nishidzuka,
Mari Watanabe,
Tomoka Yamamoto,
Haruo Suzuki,
Kazunori Oishi,
Fumihiro Tsuchida
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/jgid.jgid_167_17
Subject(s) - medicine , serotype , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , vaccination , pneumococcal pneumonia , pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine , pneumonia , streptococcus pneumoniae , pneumococcal vaccine , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , pneumococcal infections , immunology , pneumococcal disease , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics , physics , optics
Although the incidence of invasive pneumococcal infections in children has decreased since the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs), the appearance of serotype replacements has continued to increase.