Clinical and evidence-based considerations for choosing a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in India: A narrative review

Immunization plays a crucial role in protecting children from life-threatening conditions such as pneumococcal disease. Pneumococcal disease can affect multiple organ systems and manifest as an invasive or noninvasive disease. Despite being preventable by vaccines, it remains a public health concern...

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Main Authors: Vijay Yewale, Pallab Chatterjee, Sanjay M. Marathe, Santosh Taur, Sripriya Sathyanarayanan
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2025.2482285
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description Immunization plays a crucial role in protecting children from life-threatening conditions such as pneumococcal disease. Pneumococcal disease can affect multiple organ systems and manifest as an invasive or noninvasive disease. Despite being preventable by vaccines, it remains a public health concern in India. The development of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) has helped reduce the burden of pneumococcal disease by overcoming the limitations of polysaccharide vaccines, especially in young children. Although immunogenicity is used as a proxy for the evaluation and approval of PCVs, results from immunogenicity studies have been bridged back to vaccine trial efficacy. Post-approval effectiveness and impact of new PCVs must be established. This review aims to consolidate evidence-based considerations that play a role in the evaluation of PCVs. Critical aspects related to the assessment of vaccines, their importance, and limitations in real-world contexts are discussed in this review.
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spelling doaj-art-35d35bb14d9a489996e5e131cbcb13322025-08-20T01:51:35ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2025-12-0121110.1080/21645515.2025.2482285Clinical and evidence-based considerations for choosing a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in India: A narrative reviewVijay Yewale0Pallab Chatterjee1Sanjay M. Marathe2Santosh Taur3Sripriya Sathyanarayanan4Department of Pediatrics, Apollo Children’s Hospital, Navi Mumbai, IndiaDepartment of Pediatrics, Apollo Multispeciality Hospital, Kolkata, IndiaDepartment of Pediatrics, Marathe Child Care Hospital, Mumbai, IndiaDepartment of Medical Affairs, Pfizer Ltd, Mumbai, IndiaDepartment of Medical Affairs, Pfizer Ltd, Mumbai, IndiaImmunization plays a crucial role in protecting children from life-threatening conditions such as pneumococcal disease. Pneumococcal disease can affect multiple organ systems and manifest as an invasive or noninvasive disease. Despite being preventable by vaccines, it remains a public health concern in India. The development of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) has helped reduce the burden of pneumococcal disease by overcoming the limitations of polysaccharide vaccines, especially in young children. Although immunogenicity is used as a proxy for the evaluation and approval of PCVs, results from immunogenicity studies have been bridged back to vaccine trial efficacy. Post-approval effectiveness and impact of new PCVs must be established. This review aims to consolidate evidence-based considerations that play a role in the evaluation of PCVs. Critical aspects related to the assessment of vaccines, their importance, and limitations in real-world contexts are discussed in this review.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2025.2482285Immunitypneumococcal diseasevaccineefficacychild
spellingShingle Vijay Yewale
Pallab Chatterjee
Sanjay M. Marathe
Santosh Taur
Sripriya Sathyanarayanan
Clinical and evidence-based considerations for choosing a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in India: A narrative review
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Immunity
pneumococcal disease
vaccine
efficacy
child
title Clinical and evidence-based considerations for choosing a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in India: A narrative review
title_full Clinical and evidence-based considerations for choosing a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in India: A narrative review
title_fullStr Clinical and evidence-based considerations for choosing a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in India: A narrative review
title_full_unstemmed Clinical and evidence-based considerations for choosing a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in India: A narrative review
title_short Clinical and evidence-based considerations for choosing a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in India: A narrative review
title_sort clinical and evidence based considerations for choosing a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in india a narrative review
topic Immunity
pneumococcal disease
vaccine
efficacy
child
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2025.2482285
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