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Acquisition of pneumococci specific effector and regulatory Cd4+ T cells localising within human upper respiratory-tract mucosal lymphoid tissue [PDF]

, 2011
The upper respiratory tract mucosa is the location for commensal Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae colonization and therefore represents a major site of contact between host and bacteria.
AD Reynolds, AM Faria, C Jokinen, C Laine, C O'Mahony, Carlos Javier Orihuela, D Bogaert, DM Musher, EJ Novak, EK Mulholland, EM Laughlin, G Oldenhove, H Christensen, HM Foy, HW Lim, I Rudan, JC Paton, Jeffrey Pido-Lopez, JL Round, JN Stoop, K Wing, KA Robinson, L Strauss, L Weiss, M Hara, M Hussain, M Lipsitch, M Livingston, M Quigley, MJ Butte, MJ van Kempen, MW Mureithi, N Iikuni, Neil A. Williams, PC Hill, PR Myles, Q Zhang, Q Zhang, Q Zhang, R Austrian, R Malley, R Malley, RM Wong, Robert S. Heyderman, S Hori, S Paust, S Rapola, S Read, S Sakaguchi, S Sakaguchi, SE Sandner, SK Obaro, SQ Crome, T Sturniolo, T Takahashi, Timothy J. Mitchell, V Davenport, William W. Kwok, X Zhang, Y Belkaid, Y Cong, YJ Lu, Z Zhang   +62 more
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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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Death or survival from invasive pneumococcal disease in Scotland: associations with serogroups and multilocus sequence types [PDF]

, 2011
We describe associations between death from invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and particular serogroups and sequence types (STs) determined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) using data from Scotland.
Andrew Smith, Aspa, Austrian, Avery, Blake, Cecil, Chris Robertson, David Greenhalgh, Diggle, Donald Inverarity, Giles F. S. Edwards, Guimbao Bescós, Huss, Inostroza, Jim McMenamin, Johanna M. C. Jefferies, Karen Lamb, Kendrick, Lamb, Martin, Mathew Diggle, Shapiro, Stuart C. Clarke, Tim J. Mitchell, Weiss   +24 more
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Pneumococcal Disease: Global Disease Prevention Strategies with a Focus on the Challenges in Iraq

International Journal of General Medicine, 2023
Ali Al-Jumaili,1 Haider N Dawood,2 Delan Ikram,3 Ali Al-Jabban3 1Pediatric Department, Central Pediatric Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq; 2Internal Medicine Department, Al-Imamain Al-Kadhimin Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq; 3Medical Department, Pfizer ...
Al-Jumaili A, Dawood HN, Ikram D, Al-Jabban A   +3 more
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Risk factors for pneumococcal disease in persons with chronic medical conditions: Results from the LIFE Study

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Objectives: This study aimed to identify the risk factors for pneumococcal disease. Methods: The study was performed using insurance claims data from the residents of 12 Japanese municipalities.
Haruhisa Fukuda, Hiroaki Onizuka, Naoaki Nishimura, Kosuke Kiyohara   +3 more
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Promising Expectations for Pneumococcal Vaccination during COVID-19

Vaccines, 2021
The emergence of new viral infections has increased over the decades. The novel virus is one such pathogen liable for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, popularly known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Hyobin Im, Jinhui Ser, Uk Sim, Hoonsung Cho   +3 more
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Pneumococcal carriage, serotype distribution and risk factors in children with community-acquired pneumonia, 5 years after introduction of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2019
Background: There is a scarcity of data on pneumococcal serotypes carried by children in Ethiopia. We studied pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage rate, serotypes, and risk factors among children with community acquired pneumonia (CAP).
Abebe, Workeabeba, Aseffa, Abraham, Asrat, Daniel, Gebre, Meseret, Hailemariam, Tewodros, Negash, Abel Abera, Vaneechoutte, Mario, Verhaegen, Jan   +7 more
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Molecular epidemiology of pneumococci obtained from Gambian children aged 2-29 months with invasive pneumococcal disease during a trial of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: The study describes the molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease in Gambian children METHODS: One hundred and thirty-two S. pneumoniae isolates were recovered from children aged 2-29 months during the course
Adegbola, Richard A, Antonio, Martin, Awine, Tim, Biney, Ekow, Cutts, Felicity, Dada-Adegbola, Hannah, Enwere, Godwin, Greenwood, Brian M, O'Callaghan, John, Okoko, Brown, Oluwalana, Claire, Pfluger, Valentin, Pluschke, Gerd, Vaughan, Adeola, Zaman, Syed Ma   +14 more
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Insights into pneumococcal pneumonia using lung aspirates and nasopharyngeal swabs collected from pneumonia patients in The Gambia. [PDF]

, 2020
We investigated the pathogenesis of pneumococcal pneumonia using clinical specimens collected for pneumonia surveillance in The Gambia. Lung aspirates and nasopharyngeal swabs from 31 patients were examined by culture, qPCR, whole genome sequencing ...
Dunne, EM, Hinds, J, Hossain, I, Hua, Y, Mackenzie, GA, Manna, S, Mulholland, EK, Ndiaye, M, Ortika, BD, Salaudeen, R, Satzke, C   +10 more
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Pneumococcal Disease in High-Risk Adults in Lebanon: Expert Opinion

Vaccines, 2022
Pneumococcal disease affects people across all ages but is more prevalent in young children and the elderly. Despite the availability of the pneumococcal vaccine for adults, the disease burden and mortality associated with it remains a challenge.
Abdulrahman Bizri, Ahmad Ibrahim, Elissar Dagher, Madonna Matar, Malek Mohammed, Nizar Bitar, Paola Atallah, Rima Moghnieh, Umayya Musharrafieh, Zeina Aoun-Bacha   +9 more
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