What type of study is this?

September 10, 2025PneumoniaOpen Access

Changes in carriage and serotype diversity of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other respiratory pathobionts in the UK between pre-PCV13 (2006-10), early-PCV13 (2010-12) and late-PCV13 (2012-23) periods

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark

Carriage of pneumococci has remained consistent, with median prevalence at 31.4% over the study period.
Serotype epidemiology is now dominated by non-PCV13 serotypes, accounting for about 40% of all carriage.
Carriage rates of Haemophilus influenzae and other respiratory pathogens stabilized post-PCV13 implementation.
Pneumococcal serotyping utilized whole genome sequence data to examine serotype diversity across different periods.

No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.

Annual cross-sectional surveillance shows stable carriage rates of pneumococci in children, suggesting PCV13's limited effect on serotype diversity.

Cleary et al. (2025) studied this question.

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark

Annual cross-sectional surveillance shows stable carriage rates of pneumococci in children, suggesting PCV13's limited effect on serotype diversity.