Herd immunity after pneumococcal conjugate vaccination

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, Old Nurses Home, 1st Floor West Wing, Bertsham, Gauteng, 2013, South Africa; Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: albrichw@hivsa.com.
² Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, Old Nurses Home, 1st Floor West Wing, Bertsham, Gauteng, 2013, South Africa.
³ Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, Old Nurses Home, 1st Floor West Wing, Bertsham, Gauteng, 2013, South Africa; Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Comment

Werner C Albrich et al. Lancet. 2007.

. 2007 Jul 21;370(9583):218-219.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61119-2.

¹ Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, Old Nurses Home, 1st Floor West Wing, Bertsham, Gauteng, 2013, South Africa; Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: albrichw@hivsa.com.
² Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, Old Nurses Home, 1st Floor West Wing, Bertsham, Gauteng, 2013, South Africa.
³ Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, Old Nurses Home, 1st Floor West Wing, Bertsham, Gauteng, 2013, South Africa; Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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Comment on

Decline in pneumonia admissions after routine childhood immunisation with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the USA: a time-series analysis.
Grijalva CG, Nuorti JP, Arbogast PG, Martin SW, Edwards KM, Griffin MR. Grijalva CG, et al. Lancet. 2007 Apr 7;369(9568):1179-86. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60564-9. Lancet. 2007. PMID: 17416262