Laura M King1, Kristin L Andrejko2, Miwako Kobayashi2

  • 1School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States.

概括

在美国,新的肺炎球菌合疫苗 (PCV) 每年在预防数百万例急性呼吸道感染和数千例侵袭性肺炎球菌病例方面表现有前途,更高的血清型覆盖率,就像PCV31一样,表明疾病预防的潜力更大.

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