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Pneumococcal disease and use of pneumococcal vaccines in Taiwan [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research, 2015 The use of pneumococcal vaccine plays an important role for prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). However, introducing the pneumococcal vaccine into the national immunization program (NIP) is complex and costly. The strategy of progressively
Sung-Hsi Wei +3 more
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Pneumococcal disease in Thailand [PDF]
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021 This review examines the epidemiology of pneumococcal disease, serotype prevalence, antibiotic resistance, and national vaccination recommendations in Thailand. The incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and annualized hospitalization rates for pneumococcal bacteremia in Thailand were highest in children aged
Wanatpreeya Phongsamart +5 more
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Invasive pneumococcal disease in Greenland [PDF]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2004 The Inuit of Alaska and Canada have a higher incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease than non-inuit. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate incidence and outcome of these infections in Greenland with special reference to pneumococcal serotypes.Retrospective study of invasive pneumococcal infections in Greenland in the period 1996-2002 ...
Jacob Christiansen +2 more
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Factors associated with pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage: A systematic review
PLOS Global Public Health, 2022 Pneumococcal disease is a major contributor to global childhood morbidity and mortality and is more common in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) than in high-income countries.
Eleanor Frances Georgina Neal +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Risk factors associated with mortality in invasive pneumococcal disease remain unclear. The present work is a meta-analysis of studies that enrolled only patients with invasive pneumococcal disease and reported on mortality.
Hao Chen +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Pneumococcal disease is a major cause of clinical and economic burden worldwide. This study investigated the burden of pneumococcal disease in Swedish adults.
Natalie Zarabi +6 more
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Invasive pneumococcal disease [PDF]
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Education and Practice, 2011 Streptococcus pneumoniae , the pneumococcus, is a Gram-positive diplococcus with more than 90 serotypes determined by the polysaccharide composition of its capsule. It is carried asymptomatically in approximately 50% of people.1 It can cause both non-invasive and invasive disease.
Elise Randle, David Inwald, Nelly Ninis
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Infectious Disease and Therapy, 2021 The widespread implementation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) has significantly reduced the burden of pneumococcal disease around the world. Although licensed 10-valent (PCV10) and 13-valent (PCV13) vaccines have considerably reduced mortality ...
M. Wasserman +7 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 +4 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) implemented to contain SARS-CoV-2 have decreased invasive pneumococcal disease. Previous studies have proposed the decline is due to reduced pneumococcal transmission or suppression of respiratory viruses, but the ...
Monica Larissa Nation +17 more
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