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ABSTRACT: Background
Vaccination using the 10-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV-10) was introduced into the Extended Program on Immunization in Mozambique in March 2013, however its impact on pediatric pneumococcal meningitis is unknown. In this study, we assessed for the first time the impact of PCV10 on the burden of pneumococcal meningitis in children less than 5 years of age at the three largest hospitals in Mozambique.Method
Between March 2013 and December 2015, a total of 744 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were collected from eligible children, of which 160 (21.5%) were positive for S. pneumoniae. Of these, only 86 samples met the criteria for serotyping and were subsequently serotyped using sequential multiplex PCR (SM-PCR), but 17 samples were non-typable.Results
The proportion of cases of pneumococcal meningitis decreased from 33.6% (124 of 369) in 2013 to 1.9% (3 of 160) in 2015 (p < 0.001). The relative frequency of PCV10 serotype cases also decreased from 84.2% (48 of 57) in 2013 to 0% (0 of 3) in 2015 (p = 0.006). Between 2013 and 2015, serotype coverage of PCV-10 and PCV13 vaccine formulations was 66.7% and 81.2%, respectively.Conclusion
Altogether, our findings shows that introduction of PCV-10 immunization resulted in rapid decline of pneumococcal meningitis children less than 5 years old in Mozambique. This decline was accompanied by substantial changes in the pattern of circulating pneumococcal serotypes.
SUBMITTER: Nhantumbo AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5467806 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nhantumbo Aquino Albino AA Weldegebriel Goitom G Katsande Reggis R de Gouveia Linda L Comé Charlotte Elizabeth CE Cuco Arlindo Zacarias AZ Cantarelli Vlademir Vicente VV Dias Cícero C Caierão Juliana J Mathiu Jason Mwenda JM Gudo Eduardo Samo ES
PloS one 20170612 6
<h4>Background</h4>Vaccination using the 10-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV-10) was introduced into the Extended Program on Immunization in Mozambique in March 2013, however its impact on pediatric pneumococcal meningitis is unknown. In this study, we assessed for the first time the impact of PCV10 on the burden of pneumococcal meningitis in children less than 5 years of age at the three largest hospitals in Mozambique.<h4>Method</h4>Between March 2013 and December 2015, a total of 744 cerebrospin ...[more]