Decline in pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage in children 6–23 months with respiratory illnesses following pneumococcal conjugate vaccine implementation

Keyphrases

• Carriage Rate 100%
• Nasopharyngeal Carriage 100%
• Respiratory Illness 100%
• Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine 100%
• Vaccine Implementation 100%
• Rate Ratio 55%
• Pneumococcal Carriage 55%
• Respiratory Infection 44%
• Non-respiratory 44%
• Pneumonia 33%
• Community-acquired 33%
• 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13) 33%
• Sick children 22%
• Respiratory Disease 22%
• Healthy children 22%
• Older children 11%
• Southern Israel 11%
• PCV7 11%
• Antibiotic Administration 11%
• Chest Radiography 11%
• Nasopharyngeal Culture 11%
• Full Replacement 11%
• Vaccine Impact 11%
• Vaccine Serotypes 11%
• Vaccine Introduction 11%
• Disease Potential 11%
• Population-based Surveillance 11%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Respiratory Disease 100%
• Pneumococcus Vaccine 100%
• Respiratory Tract Infection 50%
• Chest Radiograph 37%
• Serotype 25%
• Seasonal Variation 12%
• Thorax Radiography 12%
• Diseases 12%

Immunology and Microbiology

• Pneumococcal Vaccine 100%
• Serotype 25%
• Dynamics 12%