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. 2015 Jan 23;2015(1):CD004903. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004903.pub4

Lopes 2009.

Methods Pregnant women were randomly assigned to one of three groups for the study.
Participants Country: Brazil.
 Number: 47 women in the control group (no vaccine); 45 women received vaccine at 30‐34 weeks of gestation; and 47 women received vaccine after delivery.
Mean age: data not available.
Mean gestational age: data not available.
Interventions 23‐valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.
Outcomes Incidence of neonatal infection.
Incidence of infant pneumococcal colonization.
Maternal antibody levels (GM).
Notes Data from women received vaccine after delivery were excluded from analysis.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Details were not reported.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Details were not reported.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Lack of blinding would be unlikely to affect results.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Lack of blinding would be unlikely to affect results.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk All infants completed follow‐up at 3 months old.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All outcomes were predefined and reported.
Other bias Low risk The trial appears to be free of industry sponsorship.