Yale School of Public Health, New Haven,Connecticut 06520-8034, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jul;19(7):1084-91. doi: 10.3201/eid1907.121625.
Postlicensure surveillance of pneumonia incidence can be used to estimate whether pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) affect incidence. We used Poisson regression models that control for baseline seasonality to determine the impact of PCVs and the possible effects of variations in virus activity in Israel on these surveillance estimates. PCV was associated with significant declines in radiologically confirmed alveolar pneumonia (RCAP) among patients <6 months, 6-17 months, and 18-35 months of age (-31% [95% CI -51% to -15%], -41% [95% CI -52 to -32%], and -34% [95% CI -42% to -25%], respectively). Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity was associated with strong increases in RCAP incidence, with up to 44% of cases attributable to RSV among infants <6 months of age and lower but significant impacts in older children. Seasonal variations, particularly in RSV activity, masked the impact of 7-valent PCVs, especially for young children in the first 2 years after vaccine introduction.
疫苗接种后监测肺炎发病率可用于评估肺炎球菌结合疫苗(PCV)是否会影响发病率。我们使用泊松回归模型来控制基线季节性,以确定 PCV 的影响,以及病毒活动变化在以色列对这些监测估计的可能影响。PCV 与 6 个月以下、6-17 个月和 18-35 个月患者的经影像学证实的肺泡性肺炎(RCAP)发生率显著下降相关(分别为 -31% [95% CI -51%至-15%]、-41% [95% CI -52%至-32%]和-34% [95% CI -42%至-25%])。呼吸道合胞病毒(RSV)的活动与 RCAP 发病率的大幅上升有关,6 个月以下婴儿中多达 44%的病例归因于 RSV,而年龄较大的儿童中也存在但较小的影响。季节性变化,特别是 RSV 活动,掩盖了 7 价 PCV 的影响,尤其是在疫苗接种后 2 年内的幼儿中。