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Persistent Sex Disparities in Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases in the Conjugate Vaccine Era.


AUTHORS

de St Maurice A , Schaffner W , Griffin MR , Halasa N , Grijalva CG , . The Journal of infectious diseases. 2016 9 1; 214(5). 792-7

ABSTRACT

Few studies have characterized the role of sex on the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). We examined sex differences in rates of IPD, and trends after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs).


Few studies have characterized the role of sex on the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). We examined sex differences in rates of IPD, and trends after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs).


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