An outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis among older children (≥5 years) and adults after the implementation of an infant vaccination programme with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Ghana

Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals the Origin and Rapid Evolution of an Emerging Outbreak Strain ofStreptococcus pneumoniae12F

(2016) Xianding Deng et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Insight Into Resistance Phenotypes of Emergent Non 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Type Pneumococci Isolated From Invasive Disease After 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Implementation in France

(2016) Claire Janoir et al.   Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Development of Real-Time PCR Methods for the Detection of Bacterial Meningitis Pathogens without DNA Extraction

(2016) Jeni Vuong et al.   PLoS One

Serotypes and Clonal Diversity of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Invasive Disease in the Era of PCV13 in Catalonia, Spain

(2016) Eva del Amo et al.   PLoS One

Meningococcal Meningitis Surveillance in the African Meningitis Belt, 2004–2013

(2015) Clément Lingani et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Effects of Vaccination with 10-Valent Pneumococcal Non-Typeable Haemophilus influenza Protein D Conjugate Vaccine (PHiD-CV) on the Nasopharyngeal Microbiome of Kenyan Toddlers

(2015) Leah M. Feazel et al.   PLoS One

Disk Diffusion Bioassays for the Detection of Antibiotic Activity in Body Fluids: Applications for the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health Project

(2012) Amanda J. Driscoll et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Sequential Triplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Detecting 21 Pneumococcal Capsular Serotypes That Account for a High Global Disease Burden

(2012) F. C. Pimenta et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Worldwide Impact of the Seven-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

(2012) Sean P. Fitzwater et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Genome Analysis of a Highly Virulent Serotype 1 Strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae from West Africa

(2012) Tiffany M. Williams et al.   PLoS One

Outbreak of Pneumonia in the Setting of Fatal Pneumococcal Meningitis among US Army Trainees: Potential Role of Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection

(2011) Fatimah S Dawood et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Eliminating Epidemic Group A Meningococcal Meningitis In Africa Through A New Vaccine

(2011) F. Marc LaForce et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Emergence of Epidemic Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup X Meningitis in Togo and Burkina Faso

(2011) Isabelle Delrieu et al.   PLoS One

African meningitis belt pneumococcal disease epidemiology indicates a need for an effective serotype 1 containing vaccine, including for older children and adults

(2010) Bradford D Gessner et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Incidence, Seasonality, Age Distribution, and Mortality of Pneumococcal Meningitis in Burkina Faso and Togo

(2009) Yves Traore et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Epidemic meningitis due to Group A Neisseria meningitidis in the African meningitis belt: A persistent problem with an imminent solution

(2009) F. Marc LaForce et al.   VACCINE

Seasonality and outbreak of a predominant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 clone from The Gambia: Expansion of ST217 hypervirulent clonal complex in West Africa

(2008) Martin Antonio et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Indirect Effect of 7‐Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Pneumococcal Colonization among Unvaccinated Household Members

(2008) Eugene V. Millar et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Pneumococcal vaccines: mechanism of action, impact on epidemiology and adaption of the species

(2008) Mathias W. Pletz et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS