Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae among children aged 30 days to <60 months in Beijing and Shenzhen, China (2018–2021) during pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction and the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
The highest <i>S. pneumoniae</i> carriage prevalence were found in the oldest age group (25 to <60 months) and in children living with siblings or attending day-care. Vaccination with PCV7 or PCV13 was associated with lower PCV13-serotype colonization. In Beijing, <i>S. pneumoniae</i> carriage significantly declined during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors
- Adriano Arguedas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1659-8225)
- Qianqian Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9987-1421)
- Mark A. Fletcher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8033-0728)
- Yani Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9933-607X)
- Jikui Deng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0040-1491)
- Kaijie Pan
- Zhaoqiu Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9309-731X)
- Kaihu Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1548-8670)
- Qingqing Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2191-0743)
- Sangjie Yu
- Elisa Gonzalez
- Xuexia Wen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7863-6858)
- Graciela del Carmen Morales
- Li Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0504-418X)
- Hongmei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4538-906X)
Institutions
- Pfizer (United States) (US)
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Pfizer (France) (FR)
- Beijing Children’s Hospital (CN)
- Shenzhen Children's Hospital (CN)
- Beijing Hua Xin Hospital (CN)
- Anshan Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Pediatrics
- Published
- 2024-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2024.1382165
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.93
Funders
- Pfizer