Persistent and Emerging Pneumococcal Carriage Serotypes in a Rural Gambian Community After 10 Years of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Pressure
Author(s) -
Effua Usuf,
Christian Bottomley,
Rebecca A. Gladstone,
Ebrima Bojang,
Kaddijatou Jawneh,
Isatou Cox,
Edrissa Jallow,
Abdoulie Bojang,
Brian Greenwood,
Richard A. Adegbola,
Stephen D. Bentley,
Philip C. Hill,
Anna Roca
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa856
Subject(s) - carriage , medicine , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , serotype , streptococcus pneumoniae , pneumococcal disease , transmission (telecommunications) , conjugate vaccine , pediatrics , virology , immunology , immunization , microbiology and biotechnology , antibody , antibiotics , biology , engineering , electrical engineering , pathology
The continuing impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in regions with high pneumococcal transmission is threatened by the persistence of vaccine serotypes (VTs) and the emergence of nonvaccine serotypes (NVTs).
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