Incidence of Pneumococcal Pneumonia among Adults in Rural Thailand, 2006–2011: Implications for Pneumococcal Vaccine Considerations

The incidence of pneumococcal pneumonia among adults is a key driver for the cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine used among children. We sought to obtain more accurate incidence estimates among adults by including results of pneumococcal urine antigen testing (UAT) from population-b...

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Main Authors: Piralam, Barameht, Tomczyk, Sara M., Rhodes, Julia C., Thamthitiwat, Somsak, Gregory, Christopher J., Olsen, Sonja J., Praphasiri, Prabda, Sawatwong, Pongpun, Naorat, Sathapana, Chantra, Somrak, Areerat, Peera, Hurst, Cameron P., Moore, Matthew R., Muangchana, Charung, Baggett, Henry C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4674225/