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Estimated severe pneumococcal disease cases and deaths before and after pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in children younger than 5 years of age in South Africa. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of severe bacterial infections globally. A full understanding of the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) on pneumococcal disease burden, following its introduction in 2009 in South Africa, can ...
Claire von Mollendorf, Stefano Tempia, Anne von Gottberg, Susan Meiring, Vanessa Quan, Charles Feldman, Jeane Cloete, Shabir A Madhi, Katherine L O'Brien, Keith P Klugman, Cynthia G Whitney, Cheryl Cohen   +11 more
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Outbreak of Serotype 1 Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Kibera Urban Informal Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya, 2023 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Use of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Kenya has led to substantial reductions in vaccine-type pneumococcal carriage and invasive pneumococcal disease.
Terry Komo, Patrick K. Munywoki, Maria da Gloria Carvalho, Joshua Auko, Alice Ouma, Allan Audi, George O. Agogo, Daniel Omondi, Arthur Odoyo, Herine Odiembo, Newton Wamola, Mike Osita, Clayton Onyango, Naomi Lucchi, Peninah Munyua, Amy Herman-Roloff, Shanda Larson, Sopio Chochua, Fabiana C. Pimenta, Godfrey Bigogo, Jennifer R. Verani   +20 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)
A Fenoll, A Kacou-N'Douba, A Kacou-N'douba, A Roca, A von Gottberg, A Woolfson, A Yomo, AB Brueggemann, AH Skalet, AK Rowe, Andrew Hall, B Frederiksen, B Oppenheim, BM Gray, BM Gray, C Levy, Caroline L. Trotter, Christian Bottomley, CL Trotter, D Bogaert, D Hansman, DB Blossom, DM Denno, DM Mwenya, DR Feikin, DR Feikin, E Varon, Effua Usuf, ES Donkor, EV Millar, G Regev-Yochay, GA Mackenzie, H Faden, H Rinta-Kokko, H Smith-Vaughan, HL Johnson, HT Vu, ID Rusen, JA Scott, JAG Scott, JD Kellner, JR Scott, KA Robinson, KL O'Brien, KL O'Brien, KP Klugman, L Marcus, L Pemba, LC Bere, LM McNally, M Antonio, M Guevara, M Mthwalo, MF Cotton, MK Darboe, MK Darboe, ML Joloba, MO Ota, MR Capeding, MR Jacobs, MW Mureithi, N Lloyd-Evans, N Mbelle, NOA Nwachukwu, O Abdullahi, O Abdullahi, PC Hill, PC Hill, PC Hill, PL Ho, PW Roche, R Dagan, RA Adegbola, RE Huebner, RE Huebner, Richard A. Adegbola, RK Syrjanen, RM Robins-Browne, RN Ndip, S Haug, S Yang, SB Gordon, SK Obaro, SK Obaro, SL Batt, SL Kaplan, SR Williams, SS Huang, WM Nyandiko, X Valles, YB Cheung, YT Kandakai-Olukemi   +91 more
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Effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines against invasive pneumococcal disease among children under five years of age in Africa: A systematic review.

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, Best Magoma, Gaudencia Alois Olomi, Michael Johnson Mahande, Sia Emmanueli Msuya, Marien Isaäk de Jonge, Blandina Theophil Mmbaga   +6 more
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A population-based study on the burden of hospitalized pediatric pneumococcal disease in Taiwan before and after the introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into the childhood immunization program in 2015 [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background 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, Jhong-Lin Wu, Chi-Chuan Wang, Ling-Ya Huang, See-Hwee Yeo, Dony Patel, Cindy Thiow Koon Lim, Hung-Wei Lin, Eriko Yamada, Isaya Sukarom   +9 more
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Emerging vaccine strategies against the incessant pneumococcal disease

npj Vaccines, 2023
The incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) caused by infection with the pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae ( Spn ) has been on a downward trend for decades due to worldwide vaccination programs.
J. A. Duke, F. Avci
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Association of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic With Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Pneumococcal Carriage, and Respiratory Viral Infections Among Children in France

JAMA Network Open, 2022
Key Points Question Was the implementation of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic associated with changes in the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and associated pneumococcal carriage and respiratory viral ...
A. Rybak, C. Levy, F. Angoulvant, A. Auvrignon, P. Gembara, K. Danis, S. Vaux, D. Lévy-Bruhl, S. van der Werf, S. Béchet, S. Bonacorsi, Zein Assad, A. Lazzati, M. Michel, F. Kaguelidou, A. Faye, R. Cohen, E. Varon, N. Ouldali   +18 more
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Increased Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children after COVID-19 Pandemic, England

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
During July–December 2021, after COVID-19 restrictions were removed in England, invasive pneumococcal disease incidence in children
M. Bertran, Z. Amin-Chowdhury, C. Sheppard, S. Eletu, D. Zamarreño, M. Ramsay, D. Litt, N. Fry, S. Ladhani   +8 more
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Recent Topics of Pneumococcal Vaccination: Indication of Pneumococcal Vaccine for Individuals at a Risk of Pneumococcal Disease in Adults

Microorganisms, 2021
Pneumococcal disease is one of the most common and severe vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). Despite the advances in antimicrobial treatment, pneumococcal disease still remains a global burden and exhibits a high mortality rate among people of all ages
Nobuhiro Asai, Hiroshige Mikamo
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Decline in Pneumococcal Disease in Young Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Israel Associated with Suppression of seasonal Respiratory Viruses, despite Persistent Pneumococcal Carriage: A Prospective Cohort Study

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background The incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous studies hypothesized that this was due to reduced pneumococcal transmission resulting from non-pharmaceutical interventions.
D. Danino, S. Ben-Shimol, B. A. van der Beek, N. Givon‐Lavi, Y. Avni, D. Greenberg, D. Weinberger, R. Dagan   +7 more
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