Document Type
Article
Department
Paediatrics and Child Health
Abstract
Objective: Pakistan was one of the first South-Asian countries to introduce the ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) at the national level, using a 3+0 schedule without catchup, in 2013.
Methods: From 2014-18, fifteen children Matiari, Sindh, and nasopharyngeal swabs were collected. The samples were cultured, and pneumococcus was further serotyped through multiplex PCR at the Aga Khan University Hospital as per the method described by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA.
Results: Pneumococcus was detected in 2370/3140 (75%) children. Vaccine type (VT) and non-vaccine type (NVT) serotypes were carried by 379 and 1990 children. There was a significant decline in VT carriage (by 40.3%, p-value Conclusion: The emergence of NVT serotypes, primarily 19A replacing VT serotypes in this rural community, necessitates continuous monitoring of serotypes in the carriage and invasive disease to evaluate the utility of existing vaccine formulations.
Publication (Name of Journal)
PloS one
Recommended Citation
Nisar, M. I.,
Jehan, F.,
Shahid, S.,
Ahmed, S.,
Shakoor, S.,
Kabir, F.,
Hotwani, A.,
Muneer, S.,
Khalid, F.,
Muhammad, S.,
Ali, A.,
Iqbal, N.
(2022). Serotype-specific effectiveness against pneumococcal carriage and serotype replacement after ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) introduction in Pakistan. PloS one, 17(1).
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