Pneumococcal Carriage and Seroepidemiology Studies to Measure Current and Future Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Effectiveness.

J Infect Dis

Pneumonia, Surveillance and Epidemic Control Programs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Published: March 2023

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