Decline in Community-Acquired Alveolar Pneumonia Positive for Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Hospitalized Children Following Implementation of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) in Israel
The observed dynamics of hospitalizations due to all-cause CAAP and RSV-CAAP following PCV implementation are consistent with the notion of a synergistic role of RSV and pneumococcus in CAAP in young children.
Authors
- Bart Adriaan van der Beek
- Ayelet Keren‐Naus
- Shalom Ben‐Shimol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7690-0991)
- Daniel M. Weinberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1178-8086)
- Ron Dagan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-1046)
- David Greenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8746-1410)
- Tal Grupel
Institutions
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- Soroka Medical Center (IL)
- University Medical Center (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-03-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf102
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71