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Genetic diversity of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing meningitis and sepsis in Singapore during the first year of PCV7 implementation

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2014
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of sepsis, meningitis and respiratory disease worldwide. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) have now been implemented in many countries worldwide, including Singapore.
Elita Jauneikaite, Johanna Mary Carnon Jefferies, Nicholas William Vere Churton, Raymond Tzer Pin Lin, Martin Lloyd Hibberd, Stuart Charles Clarke   +5 more
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A brief history of and future prospects for pneumococcal vaccination in Malaysia

Pneumonia, 2023
Pneumococcal pneumonia remains a significant global public health issue. Malaysia has recently added the 10 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to its national immunisation programme.
Alex J. J. Lister, Evelin Dombay, David W. Cleary, Lokman H. Sulaiman, Stuart C. Clarke   +4 more
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Trends in incidence of pneumococcal disease before introduction of conjugate vaccine: South West England, 1996-2005. [PDF]

, 2008
Introduction of pneumococcal conjugate and polysaccharide vaccines into the United Kingdom's routine immunization programmes is expected to change the epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD).
Smith, M. D., George, RC, Waight, P., Christensen, H, South West Pneumococcus Study Group, George, R. C., Ihekweazu, Chikwe A., Smith, MD, Stuart, J. M., Dance, DAB, Stuart, JM, SW Pneumococcal Group, Cartwright, KAV, Ihekweazu, CA, Dance, D. A.B., Pebody, R, Christensen, H., Pebody, R., Waight, P, Fletcher, Margaret   +19 more
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EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION AND SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF THE 13-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE IN UNDER-5 CHILDREN

Педиатрическая фармакология, 2014
Compulsory use of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the framework of national pediatric immunization schedules of the developed countries resulted in significant decrease in the prevalence of the pneumococcal infections induced by the ...
M. V. Fedoseenko, D. A. Novikova, N. E. Tkachenko, M. I. Broeva, T. A. Grechukha, A. G. Gaivoronskaya, V. V. Chernikov   +6 more
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Pneumococcal serotype-specific antibodies persist through early childhood after infant immunization: follow-up from a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: In a previous UK multi-center randomized study 278 children received three doses of 7-valent (PCV-7) or 13-valent (PCV-13) pneumococcal conjugate vaccine at 2, 4 and 12 months of age.
Trück, J, Yu, Ly-Mee, Finn, Adam, Ly-Mee Yu (44961), Pollard, Andrew J, Pollard Andrew J., Trück, Johannes; https://orcid.org/, Faust, Saul N, Johannes Trück, Merryn Voysey, Paul T. Heath (533551), Yu Ly-Mee, Voysey, M, Saul N. Faust (415924), Tatangeli, F, Andrew J Pollard, Voysey Merryn, Heath Paul T., Tatangeli, Florencia, Adam Finn (23223), Florencia Tatangeli (533550), Faust, S.N., Snape, MD, Pollard, AJ, Pollard, Andrew, Heath, PT, Adam Finn, Snape, Matthew, Merryn Voysey (255058), Faust Saul N., Andrew J. Pollard (44971), Snape Matthew D., Heath, Paul T, Voysey, Merryn, Yu, LM, Paul T Heath, Finn Adam, Tatangeli Florencia, Matthew D. Snape (533549), Faust, SN, Matthew D Snape, Finn, A, Snape, Matthew D, Florencia Tatangeli, Saul N Faust, Pollard, Andrew J., Ly-Mee Yu, Johannes Trück (533548), Truck, Johannes, Trück Johannes, Heath, Paul   +50 more
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Clinical and bacteriological characteristics of invasive pneumococcal disease after pneumococcal 10-valent conjugate vaccine implementation in Salvador, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Invasive pneumococcal disease is a relevant public health problem in Brazil, especially among children and the elderly. In July/2010 a 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was introduced to the immunization schedule of Brazilian children under two ...
Carolina Regis Leite, Jailton Azevedo, Vivian Santos Galvão, Otávio Moreno-Carvalho, Joice Neves Reis, Cristiana Nascimento-Carvalho   +5 more
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Continued control of pneumococcal disease in the UK - the impact of vaccination

, 2011
Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as the pneumococcus, is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed and developing world. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines were first introduced for routine use in the USA in 2000, although the seven-
Gladstone, R.A., Jefferies, J.M., Gladstone, R.A, S. N. Faust, Faust, S.N, Faust, S.N ., R. A. Gladstone, Clarke, S.C., J. M. Jefferies, Jefferies, J.M, Clarke, S.C, S. C. Clarke   +11 more
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A longitudinal household study of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal carriage in a UK setting. [PDF]

, 2005
A 10-month longitudinal household study of pre-school children and their families was undertaken with monthly visits collecting epidemiological data and nasopharyngeal swabs in Hertfordshire, England from 2001 to 2002.
Martin, SA, Edmunds, WJ, Hussain, M, George, R, Efstratiou, A, Miller, E, Pebody, RG, Melegaro, A, Talukdar, R   +8 more
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ERA OF CONJUGATE VACCINES: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION

Педиатрическая фармакология, 2008
The article highlights comparative characteristics of the polysaccharide and conjugate vaccines against pneumococcal infection, meningococcosis and haemophilus influenza. The author stresses the advantage of the conjugate vaccines.
M.V. Fedoseenko, M.G. Galitskaya, L.S. Namazova   +2 more
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Costs of vaccine delivery in the Gambia before and after, pentavalent and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introductions.

, 2014
BACKGROUND: The Gambia introduced seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in August 2009 and switched to 13-valent PCV in April 2011. In April 2009 monovalent hepatitis B and combined Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis and Haemophilus influenzae type
Lowe-Jallow, Y, Mackenzie, G, Atherly, D, Griffiths, UK, Boye, B, Usuf, E, Suraratdecha, C   +6 more
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