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In the current EKIF-FOPH vaccination recommendations, PCV13 or PCV15 is considered equivalent for &lt;5-year-olds, whereas a conjugate vaccine with a higher valency than PCV13 (i.e. PCV15 or PCV20) is recommended for adults.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fbest-possible-serotype-coverage-in-the-respective-age-group%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The disease burden of pneumococcal infections is highest in &lt;5-year-old children and \u226565-year-old adults, as well as in the presence of certain comorbidities and in immunocompromised individuals. In Switzerland, there&#8230;&hellip;... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fbest-possible-serotype-coverage-in-the-respective-age-group%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":410434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","cat_1_feature_home_top":false,"cat_2_editor_pick":false,"csco_eyebrow_text":"Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)  ","footnotes":""},"category":[11508,11297,11406,11455,11460,11548,11503],"tags":[23372,85674,15031,85676,85679,85672,85678,85677,23374],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-410431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-education","category-general-internal-medicine","category-infectiology","category-pneumology","category-prevention-and-health-care","category-rx-en","category-studies","tag-age-group","tag-ekif-bag","tag-pcv-en","tag-pcv15","tag-pcv20","tag-pneumococcal-conjugate-vaccine","tag-pneumococcal-infections","tag-serotype-coverage","tag-vaccination-recommendations","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-1","pmpro-no-access"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 12:28:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":{"fr_FR":{"locale":"fr_FR","id":410418,"slug":"meilleure-couverture-serotypique-possible-dans-chaque-groupe-dage","post_title":"Meilleure couverture s\u00e9rotypique possible dans chaque groupe d'\u00e2ge","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/fr\/meilleure-couverture-serotypique-possible-dans-chaque-groupe-dage\/"},"it_IT":{"locale":"it_IT","id":410437,"slug":"la-migliore-copertura-possibile-del-sierotipo-nel-rispettivo-gruppo-di-eta","post_title":"La migliore copertura possibile del sierotipo nel rispettivo gruppo di et\u00e0","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/it\/la-migliore-copertura-possibile-del-sierotipo-nel-rispettivo-gruppo-di-eta\/"},"pt_PT":{"locale":"pt_PT","id":410449,"slug":"a-melhor-cobertura-possivel-de-serotipos-no-respetivo-grupo-etario","post_title":"A melhor cobertura poss\u00edvel de serotipos no respetivo grupo et\u00e1rio","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/pt-pt\/a-melhor-cobertura-possivel-de-serotipos-no-respetivo-grupo-etario\/"},"es_ES":{"locale":"es_ES","id":410440,"slug":"la-mejor-cobertura-posible-de-serotipos-en-el-grupo-de-edad-respectivo","post_title":"La mejor cobertura posible de serotipos en el grupo de edad respectivo","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/es\/la-mejor-cobertura-posible-de-serotipos-en-el-grupo-de-edad-respectivo\/"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410435,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410431\/revisions\/410435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=410431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410431"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=410431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}