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The Impact of Age on the Efficacy of 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Elderly

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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 61, Issue 12, Pages 1835-1838

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ686

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pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; community-acquired pneumonia; invasive pneumococcal disease; vaccine efficacy; immunosenescence

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In a post hoc analysis of the Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) immunization Trial in Adults the model-predicted 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine efficacy for preventing vaccine-type specific CAP and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease declined from 65% to 40% for subjects being 65 and 75 year olds at the time of vaccination, respectively.

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