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. 2023 Nov 17;72(46):1277-1278.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7246a5.

Notes from the Field: A Cluster of Multi-Strain Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness and Use of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine - El Paso County, Colorado, 2022

Jessica Callaway, Kristi Durbin, Haley Zachary, Meghan M Barnes, Miwako Kobayashi, Sopio Chochua, Natalia Gayou, Bernadette Albanese

Notes from the Field: A Cluster of Multi-Strain Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness and Use of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine - El Paso County, Colorado, 2022

Jessica Callaway et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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Weekly number of cases of invasive pneumococcal disease among persons experiencing homelessness and the number of El Paso County Public Health vaccination clinics — El Paso County, Colorado, November 2022–February 2023 Abbreviation: IPD = invasive pneumococcal disease.
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