2024
Estimated Population-Level Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Against All-Cause Pneumonia Mortality Among Unvaccinated in 5 Latin American Countries
Prunas O, Shioda K, Toscano C, Bastias M, Valenzuela-Bravo M, Tito J, Warren J, Weinberger D, de Oliveira L. Estimated Population-Level Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Against All-Cause Pneumonia Mortality Among Unvaccinated in 5 Latin American Countries. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2024, 230: e768-e776. PMID: 38502711, PMCID: PMC11481321, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAll-cause pneumoniaPneumonia deathsPneumonia mortalityAge groupsPneumococcal conjugate vaccineProportion of IPD casesInvasive pneumococcal diseaseMulti-country studyIPD casesOlder age groupsPopulation-level impactMortality dataYears of ageInvasive pneumococcal disease casesConjugate vaccinePneumococcal conjugate vaccine introductionEffect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccinesTemporal trendsImpact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccinesUnvaccinated age groupsMortalityEvaluate changesPost-vaccination periodVaccine serotypesNo significant changes
2015
Association Between Local Pediatric Vaccination Rates and Patterns of Pneumococcal Disease in Adults
Pingali SC, Warren JL, Mead AM, Sharova N, Petit S, Weinberger DM. Association Between Local Pediatric Vaccination Rates and Patterns of Pneumococcal Disease in Adults. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2015, 213: 509-515. PMID: 26310307, PMCID: PMC4721904, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseasePneumococcal diseaseIPD casesPopulation-based surveillance systemZip code level dataAdult IPD casesDoses of PCV7Effectiveness of PCVsPediatric vaccination ratesVaccination of childrenState immunization registryZip codesLogistic regression modelsPCV7 serotypesHigher proportionVaccination ratesImmunization registryDisease patternsDiseaseAdultsPCV7PCVSerotypesChildrenDoses