An Outbreak of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 1 in a Closed Community in Southern Israel
| Autor: | Ilana Belmaker, Serge Gradstein, Yaffa Siton, Jacob Janco, Pablo Yagupsky, Nurith Porat, Gabriel Weber, Ron Dagan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Male Rural Population Microbiology (medical) Serotype Adolescent Polysaccharide Vaccine medicine.disease_cause Pneumococcal Infections Disease Outbreaks Age Distribution Risk Factors Streptococcus pneumoniae Humans Medicine Israel Serotyping Sex Distribution Child Probability biology business.industry Incidence Infant Outbreak Middle Aged medicine.disease Streptococcaceae biology.organism_classification Health Surveys Virology Vaccination Pneumonia Infectious Diseases Carriage Child Preschool Bacterial Vaccines Carrier State Female business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Infectious Diseases. 30:319-321 |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 1058-4838 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/313645 |
| Popis: | An outbreak of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 occurred in a closed community that was characterized by poverty and crowding. Vaccine was administered to individuals aged >2 years; no new cases occurred among vaccine recipients. Six weeks after vaccination, carriage of serotype 1, but not of other serotypes, decreased 8.8-fold. This suggests that the reduction in serotype 1 carriage reflects the natural course of the outbreak rather than a vaccine effect. Polysaccharide vaccine may be helpful in terminating pneumococcal outbreaks but may not affect pneumococcal carriage. |
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