Pneumococcal carriage and changes in serotype distribution post- PCV13 introduction in children in Matiari, Pakistan
Replacing PCV10 with PCV13 rapidly decreased prevalence of PCV13 carriage among vaccinated children in Matiari, Pakistan. Vaccine-driven selection pressure may have been responsible for the increase of non-PCV13 serotypes.
Authors
- Zahra Hasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7580-372X)
- Shahira Shahid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0827-0518)
- Iqbal Azam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0766-4064)
- Shaper Mirza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6651-6101)
- Muhammad Farrukh Qazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0115-4074)
- Sadia Shakoor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1301-5239)
- Junaid Mehmood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2014-8016)
- Stephanie W. Lo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2182-0222)
- Fátima Aziz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9836-9142)
- Waqasuddin Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7995-8163)
- Lesley McGee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8214-921X)
- Fayaz Umrani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-8004)
- Sheraz Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2336-3165)
- Fyezah Jehan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5874-4358)
- Aneeta Hotwani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8990-2793)
- Narender Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2089-9626)
- Samiah Kanwar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1719-6807)
- Furqan Kabir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9564-4607)
- Stephen D. Bentley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8094-3751)
- Muhammad Imran Nisar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2378-4720)
- Sahrish Muneer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8450-4462)
- Adil Kalam
- Iftekhar Iqbal
- Abdul Khalique Qureshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7211-2699)
Institutions
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Lahore University of Management Sciences (PK)
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccine
- Published
- 2024-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126238
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation