Impact of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination in pregnancy against infant acute lower respiratory infections in the Northern Territory of Australia
Impact of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination in pregnancy against infant acute lower respiratory infections in the Northern Territory of Australia
Pneumonia
- Author(s): Binks, Michael J., Moberley, Sarah A., Balloch, Anne, Leach, Amanda J., Nelson, Sandra, Hare, Kim M., Wilson, Cate, Nelson, Jane, Morris, Peter S., Ware, Robert S., Tang, Mimi L. K., Torzillo, Paul J., Carapetis, Jonathan R., Mulholland, Kim, Andrews, Ross M.
- Published: 2018
- Volume: 10
- ISBN: 2200-6133
Abstract: Indigenous children in Australia’s Northern Territory are densely colonised with the pneumococcus within weeks of birth antecedent to a high prevalence of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI). We assessed the impact of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (23vPPV) in pregnancy against infant ALRI in this setting.
- Urls: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41479-018-0057-2
- Keywords: 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, Pregnancy, Acute lower respiratory infection, Australia, Indigenous