Exploring The Role Of Competition Induced By Non-Vaccine Serotypes For Herd Protection
G. Masala, M. Lipsitch, C. Bottomley, S. Flasche
This study investigates how increasing vaccine valency affects indirect protection against pneumococcal carriage, finding that higher valency may reduce vaccine impact unless efficacy against carriage is improved.
bioRxiv · Mar 21, 2017Ecology