While there were more children of Ma¯ori descent in the PCV10-vaccinated cohort than the PCV7-vaccinated cohort (Table 3), there was no difference in the proportion of otitis-prone versus non-otitis-prone Ma¯ori children in each vaccine group: PCV7-vaccinated otitis-prone Ma¯ori ...
Therefore, vaccine uptake must be high enough to be able to affect serotype distribution/IPD incidence rates at the population level [18,19] and to represent the experience of countries with high coverage. It also serves to help eliminate heterogeneous results due to coverage to enable focus on...