Assessing the efficiency of catch-up campaigns for the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a modelling study based on data from PCV10 introduction in Kilifi, Kenya

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organisation recommends the use of catch-up campaigns as part of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) to accelerate herd protection and hence PCV impact. The value of a catch-up campaign is a trade-off between the costs of vaccinating additional age...

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Published in:BMC Med
Main Authors: Flasche, Stefan, Ojal, John, Le Polain de Waroux, Olivier, Otiende, Mark, O’Brien, Katherine L., Kiti, Moses, Nokes, D. James, Edmunds, W John, Scott, J. Anthony G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5463405/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28592303
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0882-9
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