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Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage among healthy and sick pediatric patients before the generalized implementation of the 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine in Morocco from 2010 to 2011
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Nasopharyngeal carriage studies provide insights into the local prevalence of circulating pneumococcal serotypes. These data are
critical to vaccination monitoring, as they allow for the
prediction and assessment of impact. Very little data are
available on the carriage of pneumococcal serotypes in Morocco.
Here, we describe the prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae
carriage and serotype distribution among 697 pediatric patients
with ages ranging from 2 to 59 months who were admitted to a
Moroccan hospital with severe pneumonia, as well as 195 healthy
infants and young children who were recruited at a vaccination
clinic. Carriage rates were 40.5% (79/195) for healthy children
and 22.8% (159/697) for sick children. The most commonly
observed circulating serotypes included 6A, 6B and 19F, all of
which are included in the current 13-valent anti-pneumococcal
conjugate vaccine that was recently introduced in Morocco.
Monitoring of circulating serotypes remains necessary after
vaccine introduction to assess whether serotype replacement is
occurring.
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JROUNDI, Imane, MAHRAOUI, Chafiq, BENMESSAOUD, Rachid, MORALEDA REDECILLA, Cinta, MUÑOZ-ALMAGRO, Carmen, SEFFAR, Myriam, TLIGUI, Houssain, KETTANI, Cherif, BENJELLOUN, Badr sououd, ALONSO, Pedro, BASSAT ORELLANA, Quique. Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage among healthy and sick pediatric patients before the generalized implementation of the 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine in Morocco from 2010 to 2011. _Journal of Infection and Public Health_. 2016. [consulta: 16 de febrer de 2026]. ISSN: 1876-035X. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/100560]