Pneumococcal Carriage Among Indigenous Children in the Southwest United States in 2022–2023
Carriage prevalence by culture was lower compared with prepandemic in these communities. Many serotypes are covered by higher valency vaccines, which have the potential to reduce carriage and disease in Indigenous children.
Authors
- Taj Azarian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8611-5241)
- Victoria M. Sergent
- Catherine G. Sutcliffe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8512-8326)
- Kristen Roessler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3198-2622)
- Catherine Johnston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-3771)
- Eleonora Cella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7870-9744)
- Laura L. Hammitt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6051-1484)
- Robert Weatherholtz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4366-7473)
- Elvira Honie
- Ladonna Becenti
- Verónica Urdaneta-Páez
- Joyselynn Pitalua
- Sarah Zylstra
Institutions
- University of Central Florida (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000005021
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00