Increase in the nasopharyngeal carriage of non-vaccine serogroup 15 Streptococcus pneumoniae after introduction of children pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Hong Kong

Abstract This study assessed pneumococcal carriage in the early periods after routine use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in Hong Kong. Nasopharyngeal swabs were obtained from 1110 children (

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Veröffentlicht in:	Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2015-02, Vol.81 (2), p.145-148
Hauptverfasser:	Ho, Pak-Leung, Chiu, Susan S, Law, Pierra Y, Chan, Eunice L, Lai, Eileen L, Chow, Kin-Hung
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Carrier State - epidemiology Carrier State - microbiology Carrier State - prevention & control Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Drug resistance Female Genotype Hong Kong - epidemiology Humans Infant Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Male Molecular Epidemiology Molecular Typing Nasopharynx - microbiology Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology Pneumococcal Infections - prevention & control Pneumococcal Vaccines - administration & dosage Prevalence Serogroup Serotype Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae - classification Streptococcus pneumoniae - genetics Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification Vaccination - utilization
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract This study assessed pneumococcal carriage in the early periods after routine use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in Hong Kong. Nasopharyngeal swabs were obtained from 1110 children (
ISSN:	0732-8893 1879-0070
DOI:	10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.11.006