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Invasive pneumococcal disease in Australia, 2001
Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 2002 There were 1,681 cases of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) notified to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System in Australia in 2001; a rate of 8.6 cases per 100,000 population. The notification rate varied between states and territories and by geographical region with the highest rates in the north of the country.
Paul, Roche, Vicki, Krause
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A Vaccine Against Group B Streptococcus: Recent Advances [PDF]
, 2020 Group B streptococcus (GBS) causes a high burden of neonatal and infant disease globally. Implementing a vaccine for pregnant women is a promising strategy to prevent neonatal and infant GBS disease and has been identified as a priority by the World ...
Carreras-Abad, C +3 more
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The Lancet Public HealthSummary: Background: Paediatric pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) programmes in England using seven-valent PCV (PCV7) in 2006 and 13-valent PCV (PCV13) in 2010 have reduced vaccine-type invasive pneumococcal disease, but the overall effect has been ...
Yoon Hong Choi, PhD +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 BackgroundDespite the widespread implementation of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Streptococcus pneumoniae remains the leading cause of severe pneumonia associated with mortality among children less than 5 years of age worldwide, with the highest ...
James Samwel Ngocho +6 more
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Genetic susceptibility to invasive pneumococcal disease
Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2018 The pathogenesis of IPD remains unknown, especially among middle-aged individuals without risk factors (WRF).The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) within key genes involved in innate immune response on IPD susceptibility.Forty-three SNPs within 10 immunological genes were investigated in a ...
Anna, Sangil +10 more
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No temporal association between influenza outbreaks and invasive pneumococcal infections [PDF]
, 2008 Objective: To assess whether the influenza peak in populations precedes the annual peak for invasive pneumococcal infections (IPI) in winter.Design: Ecological study.
Arenz, Stephan +3 more
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Preventive measures in infancy to reduce under-five mortality: a case-control study in The Gambia.
, 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between child mortality and common preventive interventions: vaccination, trained birthing attendants, tetanus toxoid during pregnancy, breastfeeding and vitamin A supplementation. METHODS: Case-control study in
Adegbola, Richard A +8 more
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Effectiveness of a Single Dose of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children: A Systematic Literature Review. [PDF]
Infect Dis TherDunne EM +6 more
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Preventing Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children [PDF]
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 2003 Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major bacterial cause of sepsis, meningitis, and otitis media in infants and young children. In 1999, the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Network reported a rate of invasive pneumococcal disease of 165.7 per 100,000 in children younger than 1 year old and a rate ...
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BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground To estimate the burden of invasive pneumococcal disease, non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia, and acute otitis media before and after inclusion of the 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13) into Taiwan’s Childhood Immunization Program in ...
Ting-An Yen +9 more
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