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Outbreak of Serotype 1 Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Kibera Urban Informal Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya, 2023

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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Perceptions of measles, pneumonia, and meningitis vaccines among caregivers in Shanghai, China, and the health belief model: a cross-sectional study

BMC Pediatrics, 2017
Background In China, the measles vaccine is offered for free whereas the pneumococcal vaccine is a for-fee vaccine. This difference has the potential to influence how caregivers evaluate whether a vaccine is important or necessary for their child, but it
Abram L. Wagner, Matthew L. Boulton, Xiaodong Sun, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zhuoying Huang, Irene A. Harmsen, Jia Ren, Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher   +7 more
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Pneumococcal Choline-Binding Proteins Involved in Virulence as Vaccine Candidates

Vaccines, 2021
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a pathogen responsible for millions of deaths worldwide. Currently, the available vaccines for the prevention of S.
Julio Sempere, Mirella Llamosí, Idoia del Río Menéndez, Beatriz López Ruiz, Mirian Domenech, Fernando González-Camacho   +5 more
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The new pneumococcal vaccine [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2002
Pneumococcal disease is now the leading cause of vaccine-preventable bacterial disease in children worldwide. Although a pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine has been available for over three decades, its use has been limited due to poor immunogenicity in the most vulnerable children, aged less than 2 years.
openaire   +3 more sources

A recombinant conjugated pneumococcal vaccine that protects against murine infections with a similar efficacy to Prevnar-13

npj Vaccines, 2018
The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) strongly protects against vaccine serotypes, but the rapid expansion of non-vaccine serotype disease and the vaccine’s high expense has reduced its overall impact.
Mark Reglinski, G. Ercoli, C. Plumptre, E. Kay, F. Petersen, J. Paton, B. Wren, Jeremy S. Brown   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Beyond good intentions: lessons on equipment donation from an African hospital. [PDF]

, 2008
OBJECTIVE: In 2000, a referral hospital in the Gambia accepted a donation of oxygen concentrators to help maintain oxygen supplies. The concentrators broke down and were put into storage.
Adegbola, Richard A, Hill, Philip C, Hill, Sarah E, Howie, Stephen RC, Mulholland, Kim, Njie, Malick, Peel, David, Sanneh, Momodou   +7 more
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Socioeconomic determinants of vaccination against pneumococcus in 763 945 patients with heart failure

ESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Respiratory infections heighten risks for heart failure (HF) patients, yet 2020 data from France show low vaccination rates: 12.6% for pneumococcus and 63.1% for influenza. Using logistic regression on 763,945 HF patients, older age, female sex, and social deprivation were associated with lower pneumococcus vaccination, despite frequent healthcare ...
F. Roubille, B. Wyplosz, J. Fernandes, B. Grenier, F. Raguideau, E. Blanc, G. Goussiaume   +6 more
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Pneumococcal vaccination in elderly care facilities in Japan: A cross-sectional, web-based survey

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
This study evaluated pneumococcal vaccination status using evaluable data collected from 445 of 1,313 managing directors of elderly care facilities in Japan through an online survey (September 5, 2022-November 25, 2022; UMIN000048747); comparisons were ...
Youngju Kim, Hironori Taniguchi, Kotoba Okuyama, Junpei Kamimoto, Kenji Kawakami   +4 more
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Effect of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines in elderly persons in years of low influenza activity

Virology Journal, 2008
Background The present prospective study was conducted from 2003–2005, among all individuals 65 years and older in Uppsala County, a region with 300 000 inhabitants situated close to the Stockholm urban area. The objective of this study was to assess the
Sylvan Staffan PE, Pauksen Karlis, Christenson Brith   +2 more
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Heightened Willingness toward Pneumococcal Vaccination in the Elderly Population in Shenzhen, China: A Cross-Sectional Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Vaccines, 2021
Background: Elderly population is considered at high risk for pneumococcal diseases. The pneumococcal vaccine coverage presents extremely low among elderly people in China.
Minyi Zhang, Hongbiao Chen, Fei Wu, Qiushuang Li, Qihui Lin, He Cao, Xiaofeng Zhou, Zihao Gu, Qing Chen   +8 more
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