Six vaccines (and not three as author says) are effective in reducing burden of Community acquired pneumonia in children
Author enumerates following vaccines which contribute to reduce burden of community acquired pneumonia (BMJ 2017;356:j686):
Various public health measures reduce CAP incidence. The current UK vaccination schedule involves doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) at 2, 4, and 12 months old. Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) vaccination is given at 2, 3, and 4 months with a booster at 1 year. An annual influenza vaccine is given to children between 2 and 8 years old every September, including children in school years 1, 2, and 3. Additional pneumococcal, and in some cases influenza, vaccination is provided for high risk children with asplenia or splenic dysfunction, cochlear implants (due to the meningitis risk), chronic disease, complement disorders, and immunosuppression.
Here, we may quip that Diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and measles are other vaccine-preventable diseases that may have a respiratory tract component but also affect other systems. Their name should have been just mentioned to complete the list.
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Six vaccines (and not three as author says) are effective in reducing burden of Community acquired pneumonia in children
Author enumerates following vaccines which contribute to reduce burden of community acquired pneumonia (BMJ 2017;356:j686):
Various public health measures reduce CAP incidence. The current UK vaccination schedule involves doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) at 2, 4, and 12 months old. Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) vaccination is given at 2, 3, and 4 months with a booster at 1 year. An annual influenza vaccine is given to children between 2 and 8 years old every September, including children in school years 1, 2, and 3. Additional pneumococcal, and in some cases influenza, vaccination is provided for high risk children with asplenia or splenic dysfunction, cochlear implants (due to the meningitis risk), chronic disease, complement disorders, and immunosuppression.
Here, we may quip that Diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and measles are other vaccine-preventable diseases that may have a respiratory tract component but also affect other systems. Their name should have been just mentioned to complete the list.
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