Article
Re-emergence of pneumococcal colonization by vaccine serotype 19F in persons aged ≥5 years after 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction-Alaska, 2008-2013.
Vaccine - 29 Jan 2018
Gounder Prabhu P, Bruden Dana, Rudolph Karen, Zulz Tammy, Hurlburt Debby, Thompson Gail, Bruce Michael G, Hennessy Thomas W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) was introduced in 2001. Widespread PCV use nearly eradicated pneumococcal colonization by vaccine serotypes. Since 2008, however, colonization by PCV-serotype 19F has increased in Alaska residents. We describe the epidemiology of re-emerging serotype 19F colonization. METHODS: We conducted annual cross-sectional colonization surveys from 2008 to 2013. We...
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