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Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Children in Coastal Kenya [PDF]

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2018
Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) is a leading cause of child mortality globally, killing around half a million children aged 5 years and less per year. Nasopharyngeal carriage of SP is a prerequisite to disease, and the prevalence of colonization reaches 100% within the first few years of life.
Claire J, Heath, Monica, Nayakwadi-Singer, Charles H, King, Indu, Malhotra, Francis, Mutuku, Dunstan, Mukoko, A Desiree, LaBeaud   +6 more
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Pneumococcal antibody concentrations and carriage of pneumococci more than 3 years after infant immunization with a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: A 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-9), given in a 3-dose schedule, protected Gambian children against pneumococcal disease and reduced nasopharyngeal carriage of pneumococci of vaccine serotypes.
Greenwood, Brian M, Godwin C. Enwere, Brown J Okoko, Nsekpong, Ekpedeme D, Godwin C Enwere, Ekpedeme D Nsekpong, Syed M. A. Zaman, Aderonke A. Odutola, Saaka, Mark, Zaman, Syed MA, Akinsola, Adebayo K, Richard A. Adegbola, Syed M A Zaman, Adebayo K. Akinsola, Aderonke A Odutola, Richard A Adegbola, Martin O. C. Ota, Okoko, Brown J, Odutola, Aderonke A, Martin O C Ota, Cutts, Felicity T, Felicity T Cutts, Ekpedeme D. Nsekpong, Felicity T. Cutts, Adebayo K Akinsola, Brown J. Okoko, Enwere, Godwin C, Brian M Greenwood, Mark Saaka, Adegbola, Richard A, Brian M. Greenwood, Ota, Martin OC   +31 more
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Epidemiology of Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in Healthy Dutch Children [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2005
We investigated the prevalence and determinants of nasopharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in 3200 healthy children aged 1-19 years. The incidence of meningococcal carriage was, on average, 1.5%. Peak incidences were seen at age 1 year and after age 15 years.
Bogaert, D., Hermans, P.W.M., Boelens, H., Sluijter, M., Luijendijk, A., Rumke, H.C., Koppen, S., Belkum, A. van, Groot, R. de, Verbrugh, H.A.   +9 more
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Pneumococcal carriage in sub-Saharan Africa--a systematic review. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal epidemiology varies geographically and few data are available from the African continent. We assess pneumococcal carriage from studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) before and after the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)
Bottomley, Christian, Andrew Hall, Richard A. Adegbola (20657), Hall, Andrew, Hall Andrew, Effua Usuf (334925), Effua Usuf, Christian Bottomley, Adegbola Richard A., Bottomley Christian, Adegbola, Richard A, Usuf, Effua, Usuf Effua, Andrew Hall (223292), Richard A Adegbola, Christian Bottomley (144483)   +15 more
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Prevalence and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus nasopharyngeal carriage during a PCV trial

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background We conducted an ancillary study among individuals who had participated in a cluster-randomized PCV-7 trial in rural Gambia (some clusters were wholly-vaccinated while in others only young children had been vaccinated), to determine the ...
Abdoulie Bojang, Lindsay Kendall, Effua Usuf, Uzochukwu Egere, Sarah Mulwa, Martin Antonio, Brian Greenwood, Philip C. Hill, Anna Roca   +8 more
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Early acquisition and high nasopharyngeal co-colonisation by Streptococcus pneumoniae and three respiratory pathogens amongst Gambian new-borns and infants. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Although Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), Staphylococcus aureus and Moraxella catarrhalis are important causes of invasive and mucosal bacterial disease among children, co-carriage with Streptococcus pneumoniae during infancy has not been
Bottomley, Christian, Kwambana Brenda A, Barer, Michael R, Martin Antonio, Brenda A Kwambana, Michael R Barer, Antonio Martin, Christian Bottomley, Kwambana, Brenda A, Adegbola Richard A, Bottomley Christian, Adegbola, Richard A, Antonio, Martin, Barer Michael R, Richard A Adegbola   +14 more
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Multiple Colonization with S. pneumoniae before and after Introduction of the Seven-Valent Conjugated Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Simultaneous carriage of more than one strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae promotes horizontal gene transfer events and may lead to capsule switch and acquisition of antibiotic resistance. We studied the epidemiology of cocolonization with S.
Hinds Jason, Brugger, Silvio D., Frey, Pascal, Hinds, Jason, Brugger Silvio D., Frey Pascal, Silvio D Brugger, Silvio D. Brugger, Hinds, J, Brugger, SD, Aebi, S, Jason Hinds, Kathrin Mühlemann, Mühlemann, K, Suzanne Aebi, Mühlemann Kathrin, Aebi Suzanne, Aebi, Suzanne, Mühlemann, Kathrin, Pascal Frey, Frey, P, Hinds J, Aebi S, Brugger SD, Mühlemann K, Frey P   +25 more
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A mathematical model of serotype replacement in pneumococcal carriage following vaccination. [PDF]

, 2013
A number of childhood vaccination programmes have recently introduced vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae, the pneumococcus, a major cause of pneumonia and meningitis.
Bottomley, Christian, Roca, Anna, Hill, Philip C, Isham, Valerie, Greenwood, Brian   +4 more
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Pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide structure predicts serotype prevalence. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2009
There are 91 known capsular serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae. The nasopharyngeal carriage prevalence of particular serotypes is relatively stable worldwide, but the host and bacterial factors that maintain these patterns are poorly understood. Given
Daniel M Weinberger, Krzysztof Trzciński, Ying-Jie Lu, Debby Bogaert, Aaron Brandes, James Galagan, Porter W Anderson, Richard Malley, Marc Lipsitch   +8 more
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Estimating the transmission parameters of pneumococcal carriage in households [PDF]

, 2004
This paper analyses Streptococcus pneumoniae transmission dynamics in households using longitudinal data on pneumococcal (Pnc) carriage in the United Kingdom. Ten consecutive swabs were taken at 4-week intervals from all members of 121 households.
Medley, Graham, Gay, N. J., Gay N. J., Melegaro, Alessia, Melegaro A., Medley G. F.   +5 more
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