2019
Regional variations in serotype distribution and vaccination status in children under six years of age with invasive pneumococcal disease in Germany
Perniciaro S, Imöhl M, Fitzner C, van der Linden M. Regional variations in serotype distribution and vaccination status in children under six years of age with invasive pneumococcal disease in Germany. PLOS ONE 2019, 14: e0210278. PMID: 30625215, PMCID: PMC6326516, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210278.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseaseVaccine-type invasive pneumococcal diseaseVT invasive pneumococcal diseaseUnvaccinated childrenSerotype distributionPneumococcal diseaseVaccination statusHigher oddsChildhood invasive pneumococcal diseaseDifferent serotype distributionSerotype of infectionVaccine-type serotypesNon-vaccine serotypesDose of vaccineYears of agePCV10 groupPCV13 groupPCV7 groupVaccine recommendationsAdministration scheduleContinued surveillanceProtective effectParticular serotypeInfectionSignificant predictors
2018
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Refugee Children, Germany - Volume 24, Number 10—October 2018 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Perniciaro S, Imöhl M, van der Linden M. Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Refugee Children, Germany - Volume 24, Number 10—October 2018 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2018, 24: 1934-1936. PMID: 30226179, PMCID: PMC6154141, DOI: 10.3201/eid2410.180253.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Effects of Infant Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination on Serotype Distribution in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children and Adults in Germany
van der Linden M, Falkenhorst G, Perniciaro S, Imöhl M. Effects of Infant Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination on Serotype Distribution in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children and Adults in Germany. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0131494. PMID: 26132078, PMCID: PMC4488910, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131494.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGenes, BacterialGermanyHeptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate VaccineHumansImmunization ProgramsImmunologic SurveillanceInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedPneumococcal InfectionsPneumococcal VaccinesRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSerogroupSerotypingStreptococcus pneumoniaeVaccinationConceptsEarly vaccination periodPneumococcal conjugate vaccinationInvasive pneumococcal diseaseVaccination periodConjugate vaccinationPCV7 serotypesIPD casesPneumococcal diseaseQuellung methodSerotype distributionChildhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccinationNon-vaccinated age groupsAge groupsGerman National Reference CenterPre-vaccination periodSerotype 1Streptococcus pneumoniae isolatesNational Reference CenterMicrobiological diagnostic laboratorySerotype 10AInfant vaccinationVaccine serotypesSerotype 19ASeparate age groupsPneumoniae isolatesIncrease of serotypes 15A and 23B in IPD in Germany in the PCV13 vaccination era
van der Linden M, Perniciaro S, Imöhl M. Increase of serotypes 15A and 23B in IPD in Germany in the PCV13 vaccination era. BMC Infectious Diseases 2015, 15: 207. PMID: 25940580, PMCID: PMC4424534, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0941-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseasePenicillin non-susceptible isolatesNon-PCV13 serotypesNon-susceptible isolatesSerotype 15AVaccination periodSurveillance of IPDClonal complexesChildhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccinationGerman National Reference CenterEarly vaccination periodHigher-valent vaccinesPneumococcal conjugate vaccinationNational Reference CenterConclusionsThe prevalenceConjugate vaccinationSerotype 23BPneumococcal diseaseChildhood vaccinationVaccination eraSurveillance periodSerogroups 23BackgroundThis studyReference centerVaccination formulations