When less is more: how many doses of PCV are enough?

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Katherine L O'Brien. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Feb.

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. 2018 Feb;18(2):127-128.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30684-9. Epub 2017 Nov 22.

¹ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: klobrien@jhu.edu.

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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 13 delivered as one primary and one booster dose (1 + 1) compared with two primary doses and a booster (2 + 1) in UK infants: a multicentre, parallel group randomised controlled trial.
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