Nasopharyngeal carriage of pneumococci four years after community-wide vaccination with PCV-7 in The Gambia: long-term evaluation of a cluster randomized trial.

<h4>Background</h4>A village-randomized trial of a seven-valent pneumococcal-conjugate-vaccine (PCV-7) conducted in rural Gambia showed a decrease of vaccine-type (VT) and a non-significant increase in non-vaccine-type (NVT) nasopharyngeal carriage of pneumococci two years after vaccinat...

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Main Authors: Anna Roca, Michel M Dione, Abdoulie Bojang, John Townend, Uzochukwu Egere, Ousainou Darboe, Stephen R C Howie, Philip C Hill, Richard A Adegbola, Brian M Greenwood, Martin Antonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0072198&type=printable
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