Effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine booster dose on prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease in British Columbia, 2003–2018
A schedule including a booster dose was associated with a significantly lower incidence of IPD. These findings support promoting the full primary + booster (2 + 1) schedule to reduce IPD burden in children.
Authors
- Sharifa Nasreen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9793-113X)
- Fawziah Marra
- Chia‐Yuan Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5912-9234)
- Manish Sadarangani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-6452)
- Jacquelyn J. Cragg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6284-938X)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (US)
- BC Children's Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccine
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.128066
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00