Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Invasiveness potential of pneumococcal serotypes in children after introduction of PCV13 in Blantyre, Malawi |
| Authors: |
Amir Kirolos, Todd D. Swarthout, Andrew A. Mataya, Farouck Bonomali, Comfort Brown, Jacquline Msefula, Naor Bar-Zeev, Pui-Ying Iroh Tam, Maaike Alaerts, Sithembile Bilima, Robert S. Heyderman, Neil French |
| Source: |
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: |
BMC, 2023. |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: |
Pneumococcus, Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Acute Respiratory Infection, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: |
Abstract Introduction The introduction of PCV13 to the Malawi infant immunization schedule in 2011 has been associated with reduced disease from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Improved understanding of serotypes with high invasive potential can guide future vaccination interventions. We aimed to estimate pneumococcal serotypes associated with acute respiratory infection (ARI) and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in hospitalized children in Blantyre, Malawi. Methods We analysed data from healthy children under 5 years in the community in Blantyre and children admitted to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital with ARI between 2015 and 2018. Nasopharyngeal swabs from children were tested for S. pneumoniae and serotyped by latex agglutination if positive. We analysed culture-positive blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples from admitted children between 2012 and 2018 to identify cases of IPD after the introduction of PCV13. We calculated the age-adjusted odds ratio (OR) of carriage for S. pneumoniae vaccine serotypes (VT) comparing those with ARI to healthy children. We also calculated age-adjusted ORs comparing serotypes causing IPD to carriage in the community with OR > 1 indicating high invasive potential. Results Serotypes 5 (OR 24.73 [95% CI 7.90–78.56] p |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1471-2334 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2334 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12879-023-08022-4 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/63167f6b39844ccaba2eed1a4eeaad19 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.63167f6b39844ccaba2eed1a4eeaad19 |
| Database: |
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