Distance to health services affects local-level vaccine efficacy for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) among rural Filipino children

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) have demonstrated efficacy against childhood pneumococcal disease in several regions globally. We demonstrate how spatial epidemiological analysis of a PCV trial can assist in developing vaccination strategies that target specific geographic subpopulations at g...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 111; no. 9; p. 3520
Main Authors:	Root, Elisabeth Dowling, Lucero, Marilla, Nohynek, Hanna, Anthamatten, Peter, Thomas, Deborah S K, Tallo, Veronica, Tanskanen, Antti, Quiambao, Beatriz P, Puumalainen, Taneli, Lupisan, Socorro P, Ruutu, Petri, Ladesma, Erma, Williams, Gail M, Riley, Ian, Simões, Eric A F
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 04.03.2014
Subjects:	Geographic Information Systems Geography Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data Humans Infant Mass Vaccination - methods Philippines - epidemiology Pneumococcal Vaccines - administration & dosage Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - epidemiology Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - prevention & control Regression Analysis Rural Population - statistics & numerical data Spatial Analysis Philippines GIS spatial epidemiology spatial analysis targeted intervention randomized controlled trial
ISSN:	1091-6490, 1091-6490
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