Nicole Cossrow

Invasive pneumococcal disease in Latin America: serotype distribution and vaccine coverage among adults in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina

BACKGROUND: Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) causes substantial morbidity and mortality among adults in Latin America. Despite high pediatric pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), uptake, adult coverage remains low, and residual IPD burden persists. Among currently available P...