Current status and future directions of invasive pneumococcal diseases and prophylactic approaches to control them

Increased Virulence of an Encapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae Upon Expression of Pneumococcal Surface Protein K

(2018) Haley R Pipkins et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The role of vaccines in preventing bacterial antimicrobial resistance

(2018) Kathrin U Jansen et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Randomized clinical trial of a single versus a double dose of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in adults 55 through 74 years of age previously vaccinated with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine

(2018) Lisa A. Jackson et al.   VACCINE

T Cell–Mediated Humoral Immune Responses to Type 3 Capsular Polysaccharide ofStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2017) Dustin R. Middleton et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Etiology of acute otitis media and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in Chilean children

(2017) Andres Rosenblut et al.   MEDICINE

The immunological mechanisms that control pneumococcal carriage

(2017) Simon P. Jochems et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Carbohydrates as T-cell antigens with implications in health and disease

(2016) Lina Sun et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

No long-term evidence of hyporesponsiveness after use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children previously immunized with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine

(2016) Paul V. Licciardi et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae : Emergence and Pathogenesis

(2016) Lance E. Keller et al.   mBio

Pneumococcal Capsules and Their Types: Past, Present, and Future

(2015) K. Aaron Geno et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

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

Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine against Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Adults

(2015) Marc J.M. Bonten et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Population genomic datasets describing the post-vaccine evolutionary epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2015) Nicholas J. Croucher et al.   Scientific Data

The role of vaccination in preventing pneumococcal disease in adults

(2014) S. Aliberti et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Review: Current and new generation pneumococcal vaccines

(2014) Charles Feldman et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Population genomics of post-vaccine changes in pneumococcal epidemiology

(2013) Nicholas J Croucher et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Carbohydrates and T cells: A sweet twosome

(2013) Fikri Y. Avci et al.   SEMINARS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Serotype prevalence and antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates among global populations

(2013) M. Hackel et al.   VACCINE

Protein carriers of conjugate vaccines: Characteristics, development and clinical trials

(2013) Michael E Pichichero   Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

Pneumococcal Capsular Switching: A Historical Perspective

(2012) K. L. Wyres et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Isolation of carbohydrate-specific CD4+ T cell clones from mice after stimulation by two model glycoconjugate vaccines

(2012) Fikri Y Avci et al.   Nature Protocols

Nontypeable Pneumococci Can Be Divided into Multiple cps Types, Including One Type Expressing the Novel Gene pspK

(2012) I. H. Park et al.   mBio

The design of semi-synthetic and synthetic glycoconjugate vaccines

(2011) Paolo Costantino et al.   Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

A mechanism for glycoconjugate vaccine activation of the adaptive immune system and its implications for vaccine design

(2011) Fikri Y Avci et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Bacterial Meningitis in the United States, 1998–2007

(2011) Michael C. Thigpen et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Rapid Pneumococcal Evolution in Response to Clinical Interventions

(2011) N. J. Croucher et al.   SCIENCE

Glycoconjugate vaccines and immune interference: A review

(2010) Ron Dagan et al.   VACCINE

How Bacterial Carbohydrates Influence the Adaptive Immune System

(2009) Fikri Y. Avci et al.   Annual Review of Immunology

Serotype replacement in perspective

(2009) Ron Dagan   VACCINE

Predominant Role of Bacterial Pneumonia as a Cause of Death in Pandemic Influenza: Implications for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness

(2008) David M. Morens et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES