Journal article
Association of serotype with respiratory presentations of pneumococcal infection, Ontario, Canada, 2003–2011
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal disease burden is difficult to quantify due to limited data regarding non-bacteremic disease. We assessed serotype-specific differences in pneumococcal disease presentations in adults in Toronto, Canada.
METHODS: From 2003 to 2011, population-based surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease was conducted and respiratory pneumococcal isolates collected in Metropolitan Toronto/Peel Region, Canada. Episodes of care …
Authors
Shigayeva A; Rudnick W; Green K; Tyrrell G; Demczuk WHB; Gold WL; Gubbay J; Jamieson F; Plevneshi A; Pong-Porter S
Journal
Vaccine, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 846–853
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 2016
DOI
10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.11.021
ISSN
0264-410X