Follow-up of serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae in child carriage after a PCV13-to-PCV10 vaccine switch in Belgium.

CONCLUSION: After completion of the PCV13-to-PCV10 vaccine switch in Belgium, the proportion of PCV13-non-PCV10 serotypes (mainly 19A) significantly increased among PCV13 serotype carriers in DCC, stressing the need for strengthened surveillance as the PCV10-vaccinated population grows.
PMID: 30665775 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Vaccine - January 19, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Wouters I, Desmet S, Van Heirstraeten L, Blaizot S, Verhaegen J, Van Damme P, Malhotra-Kumar S, Theeten H, NPcarriage Study Group Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research