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ArticlePloS one2017

Surveillance of impact of PCV-10 vaccine on pneumococcal meningitis in Mozambique, 2013 - 2015.

Aquino Albino Nhantumbo, Goitom Weldegebriel, Reggis Katsande, Linda de Gouveia, Charlotte Elizabeth Comé, Arlindo Zacarias Cuco, Vlademir Vicente Cantarelli, Cícero Dias, Juliana Caierão, Jason Mwenda Mathiu and 1 more

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Aquino Albino NhantumboLaboratório Nacional de Referência de Microbiologia, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1244-0332
Goitom WeldegebrielWorld Health Organization African Regional Office, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Reggis KatsandeWorld Health Organization African Regional Office, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Linda de GouveiaNational Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa.
Charlotte Elizabeth ComéLaboratório Nacional de Referência de Microbiologia, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique.
Arlindo Zacarias CucoLaboratório Nacional de Referência de Microbiologia, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique.
Vlademir Vicente CantarelliUniversidade Feevale, Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil.
Cícero DiasUniversidade Federal de Ciências de Saúde de Porto Algre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Juliana CaierãoUniversidade Federal de Ciências de Saúde de Porto Algre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Jason Mwenda MathiuWorld Health Organization African Regional Office, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Eduardo Samo GudoInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique.
Instituto Nacional de Saúde · MZUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre · BRWorld Health Organization - Zimbabwe · ZWNational Health Laboratory Service · ZA

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVaccination using the 10-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV-10) was introduced into the Extended Program on Immunization in Mozambique in March 2013, however its impact on pediatric pneumococcal meningitis is unknown. In this study, we assessed for the first time the impact of PCV10 on the burden of pneumococcal meningitis in children less than 5 years of age at the three largest hospitals in Mozambique.

methodBetween March 2013 and December 2015, a total of 744 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were collected from eligible children, of which 160 (21.5%) were positive for S. pneumoniae. Of these, only 86 samples met the criteria for serotyping and were subsequently serotyped using sequential multiplex PCR (SM-PCR), but 17 samples were non-typable.

resultsThe proportion of cases of pneumococcal meningitis decreased from 33.6% (124 of 369) in 2013 to 1.9% (3 of 160) in 2015 (p < 0.001). The relative frequency of PCV10 serotype cases also decreased from 84.2% (48 of 57) in 2013 to 0% (0 of 3) in 2015 (p = 0.006). Between 2013 and 2015, serotype coverage of PCV-10 and PCV13 vaccine formulations was 66.7% and 81.2%, respectively.

conclusionAltogether, our findings shows that introduction of PCV-10 immunization resulted in rapid decline of pneumococcal meningitis children less than 5 years old in Mozambique. This decline was accompanied by substantial changes in the pattern of circulating pneumococcal serotypes.

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Public Health SurveillanceChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHistory, 21st CenturyHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMeningitis, PneumococcalMozambiquePneumococcal VaccinesSerogroupStreptococcus pneumoniaeVaccination10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccinePneumococcal Vaccines

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PMID28604773
PMCPMC5467806
OpenAlexW2626579887

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