Is there an authentic increased risk of pneumococcal pneumonia among young mothers whose children were fully vaccinated with PCV7? The role of methodological shortcomings

Vaccine. 2013 Jul 18;31(33):3361-2. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.05.055. Epub 2013 May 30.

Authors

Paolo Castiglia¹, Andrea Piana, Giovanni Sotgiu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Hygiene and Preventive Medicine Unit, University of Sassari-AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy. paolo.castiglia@uniss.it

PMID: 23727001
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.05.055

No abstract available

Keywords: Case-control study; Conjugate pneumococcal vaccine; Epidemiology.

Publication types

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MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Pneumococcal Vaccines / administration & dosage*
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / prevention & control*

Substances

Pneumococcal Vaccines