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, jiae144. PMID: 38502711, 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