2021
Serotype Distribution of Remaining Pneumococcal Meningitis in the Mature PCV10/13 Period: Findings from the PSERENADE Project
Garcia Quesada M, Yang Y, Bennett JC, Hayford K, Zeger SL, Feikin DR, Peterson ME, Cohen AL, Almeida SCG, Ampofo K, Ang M, Bar-Zeev N, Bruce MG, Camilli R, Chanto Chacón G, Ciruela P, Cohen C, Corcoran M, Dagan R, De Wals P, Desmet S, Diawara I, Gierke R, Guevara M, Hammitt LL, Hilty M, Ho PL, Jayasinghe S, Kleynhans J, Kristinsson KG, Ladhani SN, McGeer A, Mwenda JM, Nuorti JP, Oishi K, Ricketson LJ, Sanz JC, Savrasova L, Setchanova LP, Smith A, Valentiner-Branth P, Valenzuela MT, van der Linden M, van Sorge NM, Varon E, Winje BA, Yildirim I, Zintgraff J, Knoll MD, . Serotype Distribution of Remaining Pneumococcal Meningitis in the Mature PCV10/13 Period: Findings from the PSERENADE Project. Microorganisms 2021, 9: 738. PMID: 33916227, PMCID: PMC8066874, DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9040738.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigher-valency PCVsPneumococcal meningitisSerotype distributionPneumococcal meningitis incidencePneumococcal serotype replacementAfrican meningitis beltPneumococcal meningitis casesYears of agePCV13 typesSerotype replacementMeningitis casesVaccine introductionMeningitis beltMeningitis incidenceVaccination programInvestigational productMeningitisSerotype 3SerotypesPCVRegression modelsAgeYearsPCV10/13PCV10
2017
Surveillance of pneumococcal colonization and invasive pneumococcal disease reveals shift in prevalent carriage serotypes in Massachusetts’ children to relatively low invasiveness
Yildirim I, Little BA, Finkelstein J, Lee G, Hanage WP, Shea K, Pelton SI, T, Health H. Surveillance of pneumococcal colonization and invasive pneumococcal disease reveals shift in prevalent carriage serotypes in Massachusetts’ children to relatively low invasiveness. Vaccine 2017, 35: 4002-4009. PMID: 28645717, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.05.077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseasePneumococcal conjugate vaccineInvasive disease potentialPneumococcal diseaseLow invasive capacityInvasive capacityPCV13 eraCommon serotypesIncidence of IPDNasopharyngeal colonization ratePost-vaccine eraDisease potentialCarriage serotypesPCV eraConjugate vaccineNasopharyngeal carriageCarriage prevalencePneumococcal colonizationEnhanced surveillanceDynamic epidemiologyAge groupsSerotype 3Serotype XOlder childrenLow invasiveness