Using Pneumococcal Carriage Data to Monitor Postvaccination Changes in Invasive Disease
Weinberger DM, Bruden DT, Grant LR, Lipsitch M, O'Brien KL, Pelton SI, Sanders EA, Feikin DR. Using Pneumococcal Carriage Data to Monitor Postvaccination Changes in Invasive Disease. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2013, 178: 1488-1495. PMID: 24013204, PMCID: PMC3813314, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarrier StateHumansIncidenceModels, StatisticalNasopharynxPneumococcal InfectionsPneumococcal VaccinesSentinel SurveillanceConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseaseIPD incidenceCarriage dataProportion of IPDPCV changesNasopharyngeal carriage studyNasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriagePre-PCV7 periodYears of agePCV7 introductionPneumococcal diseaseCarriage prevalenceNonvaccine serotypesPneumococcal carriageVaccine impactInvasive diseaseCarriage studiesHigh-quality surveillance systemsAmerican Indian populationsSerotype dataIncidenceIndian populationMixed effects modelsSerotypesVaccine