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Vaccine strategies for prevention of community-acquired pneumonia in Canada: Who would benefit most from pneumococcal immunization?

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe the burden of pneumococcal disease and associated risk factors in the Canadian adult population, delineate available pneumococcal vaccines and associated efficacy and effectiveness data, and review current pneumococcal vaccine recommendations and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) prevention strategies in Canada. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE: Pneumococcal vaccination guidelines from the Canadian National Advisory Committee on …

Authors

Kaplan A; Arsenault P; Aw B; Brown V; Fox G; Grossman R; Jadavji T; Laferrière C; Levitz S; Loeb M

Journal

Canadian Family Physician, Vol. 65, No. 9, pp. 625–633

Publisher

The College of Family Physicians of Canada

Publication Date

9 2019

DOI

10.46747/cfp.6509625

ISSN

0008-350X