Identification of age-group reservoirs for persistent vaccine-type pneumococcal carriage in rural Gambia
In rural Gambia, school-aged children, particularly those aged 5-9 years, are the main drivers of VT pneumococcal transmission. In the context of high coverage of routine PCV vaccination in infants, this suggests waning PCV protection by school entry. A booster dose for children at school entry may support better control of VT circulation in the population.
Authors
- Golam Sarwar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3573-8457)
- Nuredin Mohammed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4067-1103)
- Stefan Flasche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5808-2606)
- Grant Mackenzie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4994-2627)
- Kevin van Zandvoort (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7770-0537)
- Rasheed Salaudeen
- Ousman Barjo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9565-1839)
- Minteh Molfa
- Isaac Osei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9370-9363)
- Jane Bruce
- Emmanuel Mendy
- Brian Greenwood
- Olimatou Jobe
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- MRC Unit the Gambia (GM)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pneumonia
- Published
- 2025-10-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s41479-025-00176-w
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00