In adults living with HIV, the 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) V116 was well tolerated and effective against all 21 target serotypes. The immune responses were comparable to those ...

A new review shows that HIV increases the risk of pneumococcal infection by up to 40 fold, that the disease is usually due to serotypes in the PCV, and that the vaccine can protect HIV-infected ...

November 4, 2011 (Boston, Massachusetts) — Antibody responses to pneumococcal vaccine are low among HIV-infected individuals, whether they receive it before they begin antiretroviral therapy (ART) or ...

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Introduction: The frequency of severe pneumococcal disease among children is of high public health interest because the HIV epidemics coincides with the emergence of pneumococcus strains resistant to ...

Doctor administering vaccine Antibody titers to the HPV4 vaccine were lower for all HPV serotypes in individuals who were infected with HIV perinatally than those who were exposed to HIV perinatally.