Sentences with phrase «invasive pneumococcal disease»

In February 2002, the 7 - valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7vPCV)(Prevenar; Wyeth, Sydney) was provided free in NSW for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants and others at high risk of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) at two, four and six months of age.1 This was a response to higher rates of IPD in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children compared with the total child population.2 (For ease of reporting, henceforth Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander will be referred to as Aboriginal.)

- A beneficial mutation which provides resistance to several diseases such as invasive pneumococcal disease, bacteremia, malaria, and tuberculosis.

The majority of resistant strains of pneumococcus are of types which are included in the vaccine, for this reason, vaccine introduction in South Africa, has led to a substantial decline in antibiotic resistant invasive pneumococcal disease,» said Dr Cheryl Cohen, co-author of the paper, Clinical Epidemiologist at the NICD and senior lecturer in the School of Public Health at Wits.

The study, titled: Effects of Vaccination on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in South Africa, published in the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), compares IPD incidence after the introduction of PCV (post-introduction: 2011 and 2012) to incidence prior to its introduction (2005 - 2008), focusing on high - risk groups.

Vaccination with the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - 7 [PCV7 — a vaccine that covers 7 strains (serotypes) of Streptococcus pneumoniae] is linked to overall decreases in the rate of serious infections caused by this bacterium, such as pneumonia and meningitis, referred to as invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD)-RSB-, but small increases in IPD caused by serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae not covered by the vaccine (referred to as non-vaccine type IPD), according to a study published in PLOS Medicine this week.

Not exact matches

Invasive pneumococcal (IPD) disease is usually caused by a single serotype, and dual serotype IPD is rare.