Background Fever is among the most common symptoms of people living in Africa, and clinicians are challenged by the similar clinical features of a wide spectrum of potential …
Background Invasive pneumococcal disease remains an important health priority owing to increasing disease incidence caused by pneumococci expressing non-vaccine serotypes …
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a significant cause of otitis media, pneumonia, and meningitis. Only seven of the approximately 100 serotypes were initially included in the pneumococcal …
S de Miguel, M Domenech… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) has reduced the disease caused by vaccine serotypes in children, providing herd protection to adults …
K Cannon, C Elder, M Young, DA Scott, IL Scully… - Vaccine, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction A 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, PCV20, was developed to expand protection against vaccine-preventable pneumococcal disease. PCV20 contains the …
Streptococcus pneumoniae causes substantial mortality among children under 5-years-old worldwide. Polysaccharide conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are highly effective at reducing …
KJ Horn, MA Schopper, ZG Drigot, SE Clark - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
This study investigates how specific members of the lung microbiome influence the early immune response to infection. Prevotella species are a major component of the endogenous …