pneumococcal conjugated vaccine

Impact of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the incidence of respiratory and ENT diseases and antibiotic consumption in children under 5 years of age in Barnaul

Objective. To evaluate epidemiological efficacy of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine (PCV10) as assessed by the number of episodes of respiratory tract and ENT diseases and by the number of antibiotic courses prescribed for those diseases in children under 5 years of age in Barnaul. Materials and Methods. At the end of 2016, a total of 312 children under 60 months of age were enrolled into a retrospective cohort epidemiological study and divided into 2 cohorts (156 children each).