Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in BC during the Introduction of Conjugated Pneumococcal Vaccine
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 99 (1) , 57-61
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03403742
Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae has increased in recent decades. We linked two surveillance programs to evaluate trends in incidence, serotype distribution, and antimicrobial resistance in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) since the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was introduced in BC in 2003.Keywords
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