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Pneumococcal Meningitis in Adults in 2014-2018 After Introduction of Pediatric 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Japan
2021-09-23
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We assessed the impact of pediatric 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) on pneumococcal meningitis in adults in Japan in 2014-2018 by comparing epidemiological characteristics of adults with invasive pneumococcal disease with (n=222) and without (n=1,258) meningitis. Pneumococcal meningitis annual incidence in 2016 - 2018 was 0.20–0.26 cases/100,000 population . Age (p<0.001) and case fatality rate (p...
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- eab0835e-dcef-5fe8-b230-50a41c62219f
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-888122/v1
