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. 2014 Jun 3;9(6):e98128. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098128

Table 4. Rate ratio of PCV10 dosing schedule according to pneumococccal vaccine-type nasopharyngeal carriage.

PCV10 dosing schedules Nasopharyngeal carriage of PCV10 vaccine-type Total Rate Ratio (95%CI) p value
Yes No
Unvaccinated 40 171 211 1.0
One catch-up dose§ 44 239 283 0.820 (0.556; 1.210) 0.318
2p+0 46 320 366 0.663 (0.450; 0.978) 0.038
3p+0 49 344 393 0.658 (0.448; 0.964) 0.032
Total 179 1074 1253
§

Administered only for previously unvaccinated children who received the vaccine at 12 months of age or older.

Includes non-vaccine type carriage and non-carriage children.

34 isolates missing Quellung reaction results: unvaccinated (n = 9), one catch-up dose (n = 8), 2p+0 (n = 6), 3p+0 (n = 11).