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- Title
Effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on nasopharyngeal colonization among immunized and unimmunized children in a community-randomized trial.
- Authors
O'Brien, Katherine L; Millar, Eugene V; Zell, Elizabeth R; Bronsdon, Melinda; Weatherholtz, Robert; Reid, Raymond; Becenti, Jocelyn; Kvamme, Sheri; Whitney, Cynthia G; Santosham, Mathuram
- Abstract
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) prevent vaccine serotype (VT) invasive disease; nonvaccine serotype (NVT) disease increases modestly. The impact of PCV on nasopharyngeal (NP) colonization is essential to understanding disease effects.
- Publication
The Journal of infectious diseases, 2007, Vol 196, Issue 8, p1211
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/521833