Immunogenicity and safety of a 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in healthy infants and toddlers given with routine vaccines in India.

Background:The childhood burden of disease attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae is particularly high in India. The immunogenicity and safety of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) were compared with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in a randomized, active-controlled, d