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Impact of pneumococcal vaccination on the incidence of pneumonia by HIV infection status among patients enrolled in the Veterans Aging Cohort 5-Site Study.

TitleImpact of pneumococcal vaccination on the incidence of pneumonia by HIV infection status among patients enrolled in the Veterans Aging Cohort 5-Site Study.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsRodriguez-Barradas, Maria C., Joseph Goulet, Sheldon Brown, Matthew Bidwell Goetz, David Rimland, Michael S. Simberkoff, Kristina Crothers, and Amy C. Justice
JournalClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Volume46
Issue7
Pagination1093-100
Date Published2008 Apr 1
ISSN1537-6591
KeywordsCD4 Lymphocyte Count, Cohort Studies, Hemoglobins, HIV Infections, Humans, Incidence, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Male, Middle Aged, Pneumococcal Vaccines, Pneumonia, Pneumococcal, Proportional Hazards Models, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Smoking, Veterans
AbstractHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons have a high incidence of pneumonia and pneumococcal disease. Benefits of vaccination with the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) among these patients continue to be debated.
DOI10.1086/529201
Alternate JournalClin. Infect. Dis.

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