TY - JOUR AU - Wiese, Andrew AU - Grijalva, Carlos AU - Zhu, Yuwei AU - Mitchel, Edward AU - Griffin, Marie T1 - Changes in Childhood Pneumonia Hospitalizations by Race and Sex Associated with Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 6 SP - 1109 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in the childhood immunization schedule was associated with decreases in all-cause pneumonia hospitalizations among black and white children in Tennessee, USA. Although racial disparities that existed before introduction of these vaccines have been substantially reduced, rates remain higher in boys than in girls among young children. KW - pneumococcal conjugate vaccine KW - 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine KW - PCV7 KW - 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. PCV13 KW - pneumonia KW - invasive pneumococcal disease KW - pneumococci KW - bacteria KW - health status disparities KW - children KW - hospitalization KW - race KW - sex KW - Tennessee KW - United States KW - 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine KW - PCV13 KW - vaccines KW - Ebola DO - 10.3201/eid2206.152023 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/6/15-2023_article ER - End of Reference