Persistence of Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Vaccine Serotypes and Increase of Nonvaccine Serotypes Among Vaccinated Infants and Their Mothers 5 Years After Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine 13 in The Gambia | Zendy

Effua Usuf | Zendy; Christian Bottomley | Zendy; Ebrima Bojang | Zendy; Isatou Cox | Zendy; Abdoulie Bojang | Zendy; Rebecca A. Gladstone | Zendy; Beate Kampmann | Zendy; Philip C. Hill | Zendy; Anna Roca | Zendy

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Persistence of Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Vaccine Serotypes and Increase of Nonvaccine Serotypes Among Vaccinated Infants and Their Mothers 5 Years After Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine 13 in The Gambia

Author(s) -

Effua Usuf,

Christian Bottomley,

Ebrima Bojang,

Isatou Cox,

Abdoulie Bojang,

Rebecca A. Gladstone,

Beate Kampmann,

Philip C. Hill,

Anna Roca

Publication year - 2018

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/ciy726

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , serotype , streptococcus pneumoniae , carriage , pneumococcal vaccine , pediatrics , herd immunity , virology , vaccination , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics , pathology

The widespread use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) has brought about a dramatic decrease in pneumococci of vaccine serotypes (VTs) but nonvaccine serotypes (NVTs) have emerged.

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