In April 2024, Quantify’s Helena Skröder and Nicholas Norton published a study quantifying the burden of acute otitis media (AOM) caused by pneumoniae, after widespread use of PCVs. The review found evidence of reductions in hospitalizations and antibiotic resistance following extensive use of PCVs, implying a reduction in economic burden, though further economic evidence is needed to confirm. However, there were no homogenous trends in the overall incidence across countries, and there was also evidence of a shift in serotype distributions towards non-vaccine serotypes, suggesting persistence in the burden of S. pneumoniae.
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