Pneumococcal vaccine impacts on the population genomics of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae

David Cleary, Vanessa Devine, Denise Morris, Karen Osman, Rebecca Gladstone, Stephen D Bentley, Saul Faust, Stuart Clarke

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Abstract

The implementation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) has led to a decline in vaccine-type disease. However, there is evidence that the epidemiology of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) carriage and disease can be altered as a consequence of PCV introduction. We explored the epidemiological shifts in NTHi carriage using whole genome sequencing over a 5-year period that included PCV13 replacement of PCV7 in the UK’s National Immunization Programme in 2010. Between 2008/09 and 2012/13 (October to March), nasopharyngeal swabs were taken from children
Original languageEnglish
JournalMicrobial Genomics
Volume4
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2018

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