Abstract
Long-term surveillance of the effect of PCV13: the future challenge in Africa
Highlights
10 Cresswell FV, Fisher M, Hughes DJ, Shaw SG, Homer G, Hassan-Ibrahim MO
The effectiveness of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) has been shown in many countries—the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease has fallen in all age groups, especially in children younger than 2 years.[3]
These results led to PCVs being classified among the more potent available vaccines: in the USA, 55 000 deaths from pneumococcus-related diseases in children were prevented by PCVs between 2001 and 2013.10 in developed countries, which benefit from favourable living conditions and well organised health-care systems, the early assessment of PCV performance is helped by active and well established surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease
Summary
10 Cresswell FV, Fisher M, Hughes DJ, Shaw SG, Homer G, Hassan-Ibrahim MO. Hepatitis C core antigen testing: a reliable, quick, and potentially cost-effective alternative to hepatitis C polymerase chain reaction in diagnosing acute hepatitis C virus infection. Little published evidence is available about the effect of PCVs on invasive pneumococcal disease in this context, because of the challenges in surveillance.
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