Saliva as an alternative sample type for detection of pneumococcal carriage in young children

Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage studies in adults: Importance, challenges, and key issues to consider when using quantitative PCR-based approaches

(2023) Willem R. Miellet et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A spitting image: molecular diagnostics applied to saliva enhance detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae and pneumococcal serotype carriage

(2023) Willem R. Miellet et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The potential of saliva as an accessible and sensitive sample type for the detection of respiratory pathogens and host immunity

(2023) Claire S Laxton et al.   Lancet Microbe

Evaluation of saliva self-collection devices for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics

(2022) Orchid M. Allicock et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Pneumococcal carriage in unvaccinated children at the time of vaccine implementation into the national immunization program in Poland

(2022) Izabela Wróbel-Pawelczyk et al.   Scientific Reports

Structural, Genetic, and Serological Elucidation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serogroup 24 Serotypes: Discovery of a New Serotype, 24C, with a Variable Capsule Structure

(2021) Feroze Ganaie et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Detection of Neisseria meningitidis in saliva and oropharyngeal samples from college students

(2021) Willem R. Miellet et al.   Scientific Reports

Upper respiratory tract colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae in adults

(2020) Adriano Arguedas et al.   Expert Review of Vaccines

Viable Neisseria meningitidis is commonly present in saliva in healthy young adults: Non-invasive sampling and enhanced sensitivity of detection in a follow-up carriage study in Portuguese students

(2019) Fernanda Rodrigues et al.   PLoS One

Pneumococcal Colonization in Healthy Adult Research Participants in the Conjugate Vaccine Era, United Kingdom, 2010–2017

(2019) Hugh Adler et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Pneumococcal carriage, density, and co-colonization dynamics: A longitudinal study in Indonesian infants

(2019) Chrysanti Murad et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Effect of prior vaccination on carriage rates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in older adults: A longitudinal surveillance study

(2018) Angela R. Branche et al.   VACCINE

Relating Pneumococcal Carriage Among Children to Disease Rates Among Adults Before and After the Introduction of Conjugate Vaccines

(2016) Daniel M. Weinberger et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Impact of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on Streptococcus pneumoniae multiple serotype carriage

(2016) Carina Valente et al.   VACCINE

Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other bacteria in the 7th year after implementation of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the Netherlands

(2016) Astrid A.T.M. Bosch et al.   VACCINE

Invasive pneumococcal disease: Clinical outcomes and patient characteristics 2–6 years after introduction of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine compared to the pre-vaccine period, the Netherlands

(2016) Gertjan H.J. Wagenvoort et al.   VACCINE

Recombination in Streptococcus pneumoniae Lineages Increase with Carriage Duration and Size of the Polysaccharide Capsule

(2016) Chrispin Chaguza et al.   mBio

Molecular surveillance of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children vaccinated with conjugated polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccines

(2016) Anne L. Wyllie et al.   Scientific Reports

Molecular surveillance on Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in non-elderly adults; little evidence for pneumococcal circulation independent from the reservoir in children

(2016) Anne L. Wyllie et al.   Scientific Reports

A Cross-Sectional Observational Study of Pneumococcal Carriage in Children, Their Parents, and Older Adults Following the Introduction of the 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

(2015) Mainga Hamaluba et al.   MEDICINE

The PneuCarriage Project: A Multi-Centre Comparative Study to Identify the Best Serotyping Methods for Examining Pneumococcal Carriage in Vaccine Evaluation Studies

(2015) Catherine Satzke et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Aged Adults with Influenza-Like-Illness

(2015) Cassandra L. Krone et al.   PLoS One

Streptococcus pneumoniae in Saliva of Dutch Primary School Children

(2014) Anne L. Wyllie et al.   PLoS One

Parallel Evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus mitis to Pathogenic and Mutualistic Lifestyles

(2014) M. Kilian et al.   mBio

Superiority of Trans-Oral over Trans-Nasal Sampling in Detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonization in Adults

(2013) Krzysztof Trzciński et al.   PLoS One

Colonisation endpoints in Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine trials

(2013) Kari Auranen et al.   VACCINE

Standard method for detecting upper respiratory carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Updated recommendations from the World Health Organization Pneumococcal Carriage Working Group

(2013) Catherine Satzke et al.   VACCINE

Carriage ofStreptoccoccus pneumoniaein healthy adults aged 60 years or over in a population with very high and long-lasting pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage in children

(2013) Filippo Ansaldi et al.   Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

Immunosenescence and pneumococcal disease: an imbalance in host–pathogen interactions

(2013) Cassandra L Krone et al.   Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Effects of the 10-Valent Pneumococcal Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Protein D-Conjugate Vaccine on Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Colonization in Young Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

(2012) M. R. van den Bergh et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The fundamental link between pneumococcal carriage and disease

(2012) Birgit Simell et al.   Expert Review of Vaccines

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

A Longitudinal Study of Streptococcus pneumoniae Carriage in a Cohort of Infants and Their Mothers on the Thailand-Myanmar Border

(2012) Paul Turner et al.   PLoS One

Serotype replacement in disease after pneumococcal vaccination

(2011) Daniel M Weinberger et al.   LANCET

Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination on Serotype-Specific Carriage and Invasive Disease in England: A Cross-Sectional Study

(2011) Stefan Flasche et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Streptococcus pneumoniae: virulence factors and variation

(2010) A.M. Mitchell et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Revisiting Pneumococcal Carriage by Use of Broth Enrichment and PCR Techniques for Enhanced Detection of Carriage and Serotypes

(2010) M. d. G. Carvalho et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Realtime PCR Is More Sensitive than Multiplex PCR for Diagnosis and Serotyping in Children with Culture Negative Pneumococcal Invasive Disease

(2010) Chiara Azzari et al.   PLoS One

Pneumococcal disease caused by serotype 19A: Review of the literature and implications for future vaccine development

(2010) Rene Reinert et al.   VACCINE

Evidence that pneumococcal serotype replacement in Massachusetts following conjugate vaccination is now complete

(2010) William P. Hanage et al.   Epidemics

Effect of Reduced-Dose Schedules With 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Carriage in Children

(2009) Elske J. M. van Gils et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION