Serotype 19A and 6C account for one-third of pneumococcal carriage among Belgian day-care children four years after a shift to a lower-valent PCV
Abstract: Background Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) effectively reduce infection and asymptomatic carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine serotypes. In 2016, Belgium replaced its infant PCV13 program by a 4-year period of PCV10. Concomitantly, S. pneumoniae serotype carriage was monitored together with the carriage of other nasopharyngeal pathogens in children attending day-care centers. Methods From 2016 to 2019, a total of 3459 nasopharyngeal swabs were obtained from children aged 6-30 months. Culture and qPCR were used for the identification of S. pneumoniae, Haemophilus influe... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Schlagwörter: | Human medicine |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26527655 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1927530151162165141 |