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SUBMITTER: Hawkins P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5615106 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hawkins Paulina P Mercado Erik E Chochua Sopio S Castillo Maria E ME Reyes Isabel I Chaparro Eduardo E Gladstone Rebecca R Bentley Stephen D SD Breiman Robert F RF Metcalf Benjamin J BJ Beall Bernard B Ochoa Theresa J TJ McGee Lesley L
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 20170722 7
Before PCV7 introduction, invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) was responsible for approximately 12,000-18,000 deaths annually among children <5years in Latin America. In Peru, PCV7 was introduced in 2009. We used whole genome sequencing to deduce key features of invasive strains collected in Lima, Peru from 2006 to 2011. We sequenced 212 IPD isolates from 16 hospitals in Lima pre (2006-2009; n=133) and post (2010-2011; n=79) PCV7 introduction; 130 (61.3%) isolates were from children≤5years old. ...[more]