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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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Dynamic models of pneumococcal carriage and the impact of the Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has been introduced in national immunisation programmes of most industrialised countries and recently in two African GAVI eligible countries (Rwanda and The Gambia). However the long term effects of
George, Robert, Robert George, Y.H. Choi, Miller, Elizabeth, Edmunds, John W., Elizabeth Miller, Melegaro, Alessia, Yoon Hong Choi, E. Miller, Choi, Yoon Hong, Gay, Nigel J, Edmunds, W John, Nigel J Gay, R. George, W John Edmunds, Alessia Melegaro, N.J. Gay, W.J. Edmunds, Gay, Nigel J., George Robert, Miller Elizabeth, Edmunds W John, Choi Yoon, Gay Nigel J, Melegaro Alessia   +24 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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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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Uptake of Pneumococcal Vaccines Among U.S. Adults After 2022 Update to Recommendations

AJPM Focus
Introduction: Updated recommendations for adult pneumococcal vaccination in the U.S. (publication date: January 27, 2022) incorporated 2 new vaccines (15- and 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines), removed 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine ...
Ahuva Averin, MPP, Jeffrey Vietri, PhD, Adriano Arguedas Mohs, MD, Sarah J. Willis, PhD, MPH, Alexander Lonshteyn, PhD, Derek Weycker, PhD   +5 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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Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination Followed by Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccination in Lung Transplant Candidates and Recipients

Transplantation Direct, 2020
Background. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination as well as pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination are recommended for lung transplant candidates and recipients, but the combination of these vaccines has not been extensively studied in these specific ...
Thijs W. Hoffman, MD, Bob Meek, PhD, Ger T. Rijkers, PhD, Jan C. Grutters, MD, PhD, Diana A. van Kessel, MD, PhD   +4 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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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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Acute otitis media pneumococcal disease burden and nasopharyngeal colonization in children due to serotypes included and not included in current and new pneumococcal conjugate vaccines

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2023
Introduction Despite the introduction of effective pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a major cause of acute otitis media (AOM) worldwide.
Michael Pichichero, Richard Malley, Ravinder Kaur, Robert Zagursky, Porter Anderson   +4 more
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