Respiratory Infection and Otitis Media Visits in Relation to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Use in Saskatchewan

Affiliations

Ngoc-Hang Khuc: Quebec National Public Health Institute, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Ben Tan: Department of Pediatrics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Rosalie Tuchscherer: Population Health Branch, Ministry of Health, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Nigel SB Rawson: GlaxoSmithKline, Mississauga (currently Eastlake Research Group Oakville), Ontario, Canada
Philippe De Wals: Quebec National Public Health Institute, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In Saskatchewan, pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV) was offered to high-risk children in 2002 and to all infants in 2005.

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cjidmm/