Declines in Pneumonia Mortality Following the Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in Latin American and Caribbean Countries.
Lucia H de OliveiraKayoko ShiodaMaria Tereza ValenzuelaCara B JanuszAnalía RearteAlyssa N SbarraJoshua L WarrenCristiana M ToscanoDaniel M Weinbergernull nullPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
Although the data quality was variable between countries, and the patterns varied across countries and age groups, the balance of evidence suggests that mortality due to all-cause pneumonia in children declined after PCV introduction. The impact could be greater in populations with a higher prevaccine burden of pneumonia.