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. 1999 Nov-Dec;5(6):828-31.
doi: 10.3201/eid0506.990616.

Effectiveness of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine for preschool-age children with chronic disease

A E Fiore  1 , O S Levine, J A Elliott, R R Facklam, J C Butler
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Effectiveness of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine for preschool-age children with chronic disease

A E Fiore et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 1999 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

To estimate the effectiveness of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, we serotyped isolates submitted to the Pneumococcal Sentinel Surveillance System from 1984 to 1996 from 48 vaccinated and 125 unvaccinated children 2 to 5 years of age. Effectiveness against invasive disease caused by serotypes included in the vaccine was 63%. Effectiveness against serotypes in the polysaccharide vaccine but not in a proposed seven-valent protein conjugate vaccine was 94%.

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