Effectiveness of 13-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) against invasive pneumococcal disease in children in the Dominican Republic.
Sara TomczykFernanda C LessaJacqueline SánchezChabela PeñaJosefina FernándezM Gloria CarvalhoFabiana PimentaDoraliza CedanoCynthia G WhitneyJennifer R VeraniHilma CoradinZacarías GaribLucia Helena De OliveiraJesús Feris-IglesiasPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2018)
We found that PCV13 provided individual protection against VT-IPD in this resource-poor setting with a PCV-naïve population, despite low PCV13 coverage. Expanding vaccination coverage might increase PCV13 impact.