Effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on radiological primary end-point pneumonia among cases of severe community acquired pneumonia in children: A prospective multi-site hospital-based test-negative study in Northern India.
Shally AwasthiNeera KohliMonika AgarwalChandra Mani PandeyTuhina RastogiAnuj Kumar PandeyChittaranjan RoyKripanath MishraNeelam VermaChandra Bhushan KumarPankaj Kumar JainRajesh YadavPuneet DhasmanaAbhishek ChauhanNamita MohindraRam Chandra ShuklaPublished in: PloS one (2022)
In severe CAP, children exposed to PCV13 had significantly reduced odds of having PEP±OI. Since PEP±OI had increased odds of hospital mortality due to CAP, countrywide coverage with PCV13 is an essential priority.