Rapid Spread of Pneumococcal Nonvaccine Serotype 7C Previously Associated with Vaccine Serotype 19F, England and Wales

We observed a sudden and rapid increase in rare invasive pneumococcal disease serotype 7C, from an annual average of 3 cases during 2000–01 through 2015–16 to 29 cases in 2016–17. The increase was caused almost entirely by clonal expansion of sequence type 177, previously associated with vaccine ser...

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Main Authors: Ashley Makwana, Shamez N. Ladhani, Georgia Kapatai, Ella Campion, Norman K. Fry, Carmen Sheppard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/10/18-0114_article