Effect of the PCV 10 vaccination on community-acquired pneumonia hospitalisations after four years of its introduction into the Polish National Immunisation Programme: Follow-up study

[Display omitted] •Implementation of PCV 10 has significantly reduced the hospitalisation rate among the vaccinated group of children.•Significant indirect effect of vaccination was observed also in older age groups.•The data show that the introduction of national vaccinations is an effective interv...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Vaccine 2024-05, Vol.42 (13), p.3257-3262
Hauptverfasser:	Gajewska, Małgorzata, Lewtak, Katarzyna, Goryński, Paweł, Piotrowicz, Maria, Urban, Ewa, Paradowska-Stankiewicz, Iwona, Rutyna, Anna, Nitsch-Osuch, Aneta
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Age groups Aged Aged, 80 and over Bacteria Child Child, Preschool Codes Community-Acquired Infections - epidemiology Community-Acquired Infections - mortality Community-Acquired Infections - prevention & control Disease Fatalities Female Follow-Up Studies Health policy Hospitalisation Hospitalization Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hospitals Humans Immunization Immunization Programs In-hospital death Infant Male Middle Aged Morbidity Mortality Patients Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology Pneumococcal Infections - mortality Pneumococcal Infections - prevention & control Pneumococcal vaccination Pneumococcal Vaccines - administration & dosage Pneumococcal Vaccines - immunology Pneumonia Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - epidemiology Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - mortality Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - prevention & control Poland Poland - epidemiology Public health Streptococcus infections Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae - immunology Vaccination - statistics & numerical data Vaccine efficacy Vaccines Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	[Display omitted] •Implementation of PCV 10 has significantly reduced the hospitalisation rate among the vaccinated group of children.•Significant indirect effect of vaccination was observed also in older age groups.•The data show that the introduction of national vaccinations is an effective intervention in the public health. Vaccination against pneumococci is currently the most effective method of protection against pneumococcal infections. The aim of the study was to analyse changes in hospitalisations and in-hospital deaths due to pneumonia before (2009–2016) and after (2017–2020) the introduction of PCV 10 vaccinations in the National Immunisation Programme in Poland. Data on hospitalisations related to community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the years 2009–2020 were obtained from the Nationwide General Hospital Morbidity Study. Analyses were made in the age groups:
ISSN:	0264-410X 1873-2518
DOI:	10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.019