Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for adults: reasons for optimism and for caution

Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014;10(5):1334-6. doi: 10.4161/hv.28962. Epub 2014 Apr 24.

Authors

Daniel M Weinberger¹, Eugene D Shapiro²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases; Yale School of Public Health; New Haven, CT USA.
² Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases; Yale School of Public Health; New Haven, CT USA; Department of Pediatrics; Yale University School of Medicine and Department of Investigative Medicine; Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; New Haven, CT USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: conjugate vaccines; pneumococcus; pneumonia; prevention; vaccines.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Humans
Pneumococcal Vaccines / administration & dosage
Pneumococcal Vaccines / immunology*
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / immunology*
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / prevention & control*
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / methods
Vaccines, Conjugate / administration & dosage
Vaccines, Conjugate / immunology*

Substances

13-valent pneumococcal vaccine
Pneumococcal Vaccines
Vaccines, Conjugate

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