The Protective Efficacy of Polyvalent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine

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Authors

Eugene D. Shapiro · Yale University

Anne T. Berg · Yale University

Robert Austrian · Yale University

Donna M. Schroeder

Valerie Parcells · Yale University

Amy Margolis · Yale University

Russell K. Adair · Yale University

John D. Clemens

Abstract

Polyvalent pneumococcal vaccine is efficacious in preventing invasive pneumococcal infections in immunocompetent patients with indications for its administration. This vaccine should be used more widely.

Topics & Keywords

Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Respiratory viral infections research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 325, Issue 21, pp. 1453-1460

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199111213252101

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