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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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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 +8 more
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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 +7 more
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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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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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Transmission factors and exposure to infections at work and invasive pneumococcal disease
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Volume 66, Issue 1, Page 65-74, January 2023., 2023 Abstract Background Working in close contacts with coworkers or the general public may be associated with transmission of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). We investigated whether crowded workplaces, sharing surfaces, and exposure to infections were factors associated with IPD.
Kjell Torén +4 more
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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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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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COVID‐19 and myasthenia gravis: A review of neurological implications of the SARS‐COV‐2
Brain and Behavior, Volume 12, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Introduction This review highlights the potential mechanisms of neuromuscular manifestation of COVID‐19, especially myasthenia gravis (MG). Methods An extensive literature search was conducted by two independent investigators using PubMed/MEDLINE and Google Scholar from its inception to December 2020. Results Exacerbations of clinical symptoms
Syed Muhammad Ismail Shah +10 more
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