Confounding may lead to overestimation of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine effectiveness among HIV-infected individuals

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jul 15;47(2):294-5; author reply 295-6. doi: 10.1086/589580.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / immunology
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / prevention & control*
  • CD4 Lymphocyte Count
  • Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic
  • Humans
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / immunology
  • Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / prevention & control*

Substances

  • 23-valent pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccine
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines