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A global genomic perspective on the multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae 15A-CC63 sub-lineage following pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction

scientific article published in 2023

A mosaic tetracycline resistance gene tet(S/M) detected in an MDR pneumococcal CC230 lineage that underwent capsular switching in South Africa

scientific article published in March 2020

Acquisition of Streptococcus pneumoniae in South African children vaccinated with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine at 6, 14 and 40 weeks of age.

scientific article published on 23 December 2014

Acquisition of Streptococcus pneumoniae in pneumococcal conjugate vaccine-naïve South African children and their mothers

scientific article published in May 2013

Aetiology of bacterial meningitis in infants aged <90 days: prospective surveillance in Luanda, Angola

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

An extended catalytic model to assess changes in risk for multiple reinfections with SARS-CoV-2

scientific article published on 28 September 2023

An unusual pneumococcal sequence type is the predominant cause of serotype 3 invasive disease in South Africa

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Antibiotic therapy for Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: implications of production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases

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Assessing the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease using polymerase chain reaction-based surveillance: an experience from South Africa

scientific article published on 26 October 2015

Attributable Fraction of Influenza Virus Detection to Mild and Severe Respiratory Illnesses in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Patients, South Africa, 2012-2016.

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Autopsy Prevalence of Tuberculosis and Other Potentially Treatable Infections among Adults with Advanced HIV Enrolled in Out-Patient Care in South Africa

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Bacterial genome-wide association study of hyper-virulent pneumococcal serotype 1 identifies genetic variation associated with neurotropism

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

Can pneumococcal meningitis surveillance be used to assess the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on total invasive pneumococcal disease? A case-study from South Africa, 2005–2016

scholarly article by Jackie Kleynhans et al published 7 May 2019 in Vaccine

Causes of fever in outpatient Tanzanian children

scientific article published in June 2014

Challenges and clinical relevance of molecular detection of Bordetella pertussis in South Africa

scholarly article by Fahima Moosa et al published 21 March 2019 in BMC Infectious Diseases

Challenges of using molecular serotyping for surveillance of pneumococcal disease

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Clinical validation of multiplex real-time PCR assays for detection of bacterial meningitis pathogens

scientific article published on 14 December 2011

Clonal analysis of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B strains in South Africa, 2002 to 2006: emergence of new clone ST-4240/6688.

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Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: global differences in clinical patterns

scientific article published on February 2002

Conserved mutations in the pneumococcal bacteriocin transporter gene, blpA, result in a complex population consisting of producers and cheaters

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Declining incidence of invasive meningococcal disease in South Africa: 2003-2016

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Defining the estimated core genome of bacterial populations using a Bayesian decision model

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Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa

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Distribution of factor H binding protein beyond serogroup B: variation among five serogroups of invasive Neisseria meningitidis in South Africa

scientific article published on 7 December 2010

Dynamics of pneumococcal transmission in vaccine-naive children and their HIV-infected or HIV-uninfected mothers during the first 2 years of life

scientific article published on 3 October 2013

Effectiveness of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease in HIV-infected and -uninfected children in south africa: a matched case-control study

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Effectiveness of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease in South African children: a case-control study

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Effects of vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease in South Africa

scientific article published on 11 November 2014

Emergence and phenotypic characterization of the global SARS-CoV-2 C.1.2 lineage

scientific article published on 08 April 2022

Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa

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Emergence of endemic serogroup W135 meningococcal disease associated with a high mortality rate in South Africa

scientific article published in February 2008

Emergence of fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in a South African child in a tuberculosis treatment facility

scientific article published in November 2003

Emergence of levofloxacin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae and treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children in South Africa: a cohort observational surveillance study

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Epidemiology and Molecular Identification and Characterization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, South Africa, 2012-2015.

scientific article published in March 2018

Epidemiology of Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants

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Epidemiology of Serotype 1 Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, South Africa, 2003-2013.

scientific article published on February 2016

Epidemiology of influenza B/Yamagata and B/Victoria lineages in South Africa, 2005-2014.

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Epidemiology of influenza virus types and subtypes in South Africa, 2009-2012.

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Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in the pre-conjugate vaccine era: South Africa, 2003-2008.

scientific article published on 16 May 2013

Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus-associated acute lower respiratory tract infection hospitalizations among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected South African children, 2010-2011.

scientific article published on December 2013

Epidemiology of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) among adults and children aged ≥5 years in a high HIV-prevalence setting, 2009-2012.

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Epidemiology of viral-associated acute lower respiratory tract infection among children <5 years of age in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2009-2012

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Estimated severe pneumococcal disease cases and deaths before and after pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in children younger than 5 years of age in South Africa

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Etiology and Incidence of Pleural Empyema in South African Children

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External quality assessment of national public health laboratories in Africa, 2002-2009

scientific article published on 20 January 2012

Factors associated with ceftriaxone nonsusceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae: analysis of South African national surveillance data, 2003 to 2010.

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Gender as a risk factor for both antibiotic resistance and infection with pediatric serogroups/serotypes, in HIV-infected and -uninfected adults with pneumococcal bacteremia

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Genomic analysis of nontypeable pneumococci causing invasive pneumococcal disease in South Africa, 2003-2013

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Genomic differences among carriage and invasive nontypeable pneumococci circulating in South Africa ⬇️

scientific article published on 11 October 2019

Genotypic comparison of invasive Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y isolates from the United States, South Africa, and Israel, isolated from 1999 through 2002. ⬇️

scientific article published on July 2009

Global Distribution of Invasive Serotype 35D Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates following Introduction of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine. ⬇️

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Global emergence and population dynamics of divergent serotype 3 CC180 pneumococci

scientific article published on 26 November 2018

Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis

scientific article published on 28 May 2022

Guidelines for the vaccination of HIV-infected adolescents and adults in South Africa

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HIV Infection and the Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD) in South African Adults and Older Children Prior to the Introduction of a Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV).

scientific article published on 10 February 2016

HIV and influenza virus infections are associated with increased blood pneumococcal load: a prospective, hospital-based observational study in South Africa, 2009-2011.

scientific article published on 6 August 2013

HIV infection is associated with increased meningococcal carriage acquisition amongst first-year students in two South African universities

scientific article published on 05 May 2020

Health and economic burden of influenza-associated illness in South Africa, 2013-2015

scientific article published on 11 June 2019

Heterogeneity in influenza seasonality and vaccine effectiveness in Australia, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa: early estimates of the 2019 influenza season

scientific article published on 1 November 2019

Hib combination vaccines: efficient and effective

scientific article published on 08 May 2018

High nasopharyngeal pneumococcal density, increased by viral coinfection, is associated with invasive pneumococcal pneumonia

scientific article published on 6 June 2014

Human bocavirus, coronavirus, and polyomavirus detected among patients hospitalised with severe acute respiratory illness in South Africa, 2012 to 2013

article published in 2018

Human metapneumovirus-associated severe acute respiratory illness hospitalisation in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected South African children and adults

scientific article published on 18 June 2015

Imputing the Direct and Indirect Effectiveness of Childhood Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease by Surveying Temporal Changes in Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Colonization

scientific article published on 6 May 2017

Increased incidence of meningococcal disease in HIV-infected individuals associated with higher case-fatality ratios in South Africa

scientific article published in June 2010

Increased risk for and mortality from invasive pneumococcal disease in HIV-exposed but uninfected infants aged <1 year in South Africa, 2009-2013.

scientific article published on 2 February 2015

Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection associated with emergence of Omicron in South Africa

scientific article published on 6 May 2022

Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection associated with emergence of Omicron in South Africa

scientific article published on 11 November 2021

Increased risk of death in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children with pneumococcal meningitis in South Africa, 2003-2005.

scientific article published in December 2011

Inferior quantitative and qualitative immune responses to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in infants with nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae during the primary series of immunization

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Influenza disease burden among potential target risk groups for immunization in South Africa, 2013-2015

scientific article published on 07 May 2020

Influenza economic burden among potential target risk groups for immunization in South Africa, 2013-2015

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

International genomic definition of pneumococcal lineages, to contextualise disease, antibiotic resistance and vaccine impact

scientific article published on 16 April 2019

International prospective study of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: implications of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production in nosocomial Infections

scientific article published in January 2004

Introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into the public immunization program in South Africa: translating research into policy

scientific article published on September 2012

Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in South Africa: Importance of Surveillance Methodology

scientific article

Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease, Europe, 1996-2006.

scientific article published in March 2010

Invasive Neisseria meningitidis with decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolones in South Africa, 2009.

scientific article published on 4 August 2010

Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Neonates Prior to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Use in South Africa: 2003 - 2008.

scientific article published on 4 May 2018

Invasive disease caused simultaneously by dual serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article published on 8 November 2017

Invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae serotype b ten years after routine vaccination, South Africa, 2003-2009.

scientific article published on 26 November 2011

Joint sequencing of human and pathogen genomes reveals the genetics of pneumococcal meningitis

scholarly article

Joint sequencing of human and pathogen genomes reveals the genetics of pneumococcal meningitis

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

Legionnaires' Disease in South Africa, 2012-2014

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Longitudinal study on Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus nasopharyngeal colonization in HIV-infected and -uninfected infants vaccinated with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

scientific article published on 21 April 2015

Meningitis: a frequently fatal diagnosis in Africa

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Meningococcal disease in South Africa, 1999-2002.

scientific article published on February 2007

Meningococcal disease in the Middle East and Africa: Findings and updates from the Global Meningococcal Initiative

scientific article published on 25 April 2017

Meningococcal serogroup Y lpxL1 variants from South Africa are associated with clonal complex 23 among young adults

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Molecular Characterization of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Outbreak Isolates, South Africa, March-June 2015

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Molecular basis and clonal nature of increasing pneumococcal macrolide resistance in South Africa, 2000-2005.

scientific article published on 12 March 2008

Molecular characterization of emerging non-levofloxacin-susceptible pneumococci isolated from children in South Africa

scientific article published on 04 March 2009

Molecular characterization of invasive capsule null Neisseria meningitidis in South Africa ⬇️

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Mortality amongst patients with influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness, South Africa, 2009-2013.

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis bloodstream infection prevalence, diagnosis, and mortality risk in seriously ill adults with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data

scientific article published on 13 March 2020

Neisseria meningitidis intermediately resistant to penicillin and causing invasive disease in South Africa in 2001 to 2005.

scientific article published on 23 July 2008

Outbreak of influenza A in a boarding school in South Africa, 2016

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Parainfluenza Virus Infection Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Children and Adults Hospitalized for Severe Acute Respiratory Illness in South Africa, 2009-2014.

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Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis Surveillance in the World Health Organization African Region Using the Invasive Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance Network, 2011-2016

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Persistent high burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in South African HIV-infected adults in the era of an antiretroviral treatment program

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Phylogenetic Analysis of Invasive Serotype 1 Pneumococcus in South Africa, 1989 to 2013.

scientific article published on 9 March 2016

Pneumococcal capsular switching: a historical perspective

scientific article published on 21 November 2012

Pneumococcal lineages associated with serotype replacement and antibiotic resistance in childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in the post-PCV13 era: an international whole-genome sequencing study

scientific article published on 10 June 2019

Pneumococcal serotype determines growth and capsule size in human cerebrospinal fluid

scientific article published on 20 January 2020

Population snapshot of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease in South Africa prior to introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines

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Population snapshot of invasive serogroup B meningococci in South Africa from 2005 to 2008 ⬇️

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Putative novel cps loci in a large global collection of pneumococci

scientific article published on 11 June 2019

Quantifying how Different Clinical Presentations, Levels of Severity and Healthcare Attendance Shape the Burden of Influenza-Associated Illness: a Modeling Study from South Africa

scientific article published in 2018

Rapid Pneumococcal Evolution in Response to Clinical Interventions ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 28 January 2011)

Region-specific diversification of the highly virulent serotype 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article published on 11 August 2015

Residual colonization by vaccine serotypes in rural South Africa four years following initiation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunization

scientific article published on 10 April 2020

Respiratory syncytial virus in adults with severe acute respiratory illness in a high HIV prevalence setting

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Risk Factors for Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness Hospitalization in South Africa, 2012-2015

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Risk Factors for Multidrug-Resistant Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in South Africa, a Setting with High HIV Prevalence, in the Prevaccine Era from 2003 to 2008 ⬇️

scientific article published on July 16, 2012

Risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease among children less than 5 years of age in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2010 to 2012.

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SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 escapes neutralization by South African COVID-19 donor plasma

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Sequence diversity of the factor H binding protein vaccine candidate in epidemiologically relevant strains of serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis

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Sequential triplex real-time PCR assay for detecting 21 pneumococcal capsular serotypes that account for a high global disease burden

scientific article published on 5 December 2012

Serotype 6C is associated with penicillin-susceptible meningeal infections in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults among invasive pneumococcal isolates previously identified as serotype 6A in South Africa

scientific article published on 23 August 2008

Serotype and antimicrobial profile distribution of invasive pneumococcal isolates in the pre-vaccine introduction era in Pretoria, South Africa, 2005 through 2009.

scientific article published on 9 September 2011

Severe influenza-associated respiratory infection in high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2009-2011.

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Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Lower Respiratory Tract Infection With Viral Coinfection in HIV-Uninfected Children

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Single report of β-lactam resistance in an invasive Haemophilus influenzae isolate from South Africa mediated by mutations in penicillin-binding protein 3, 2003-2008.

scientific article published on 16 September 2010

Sixteen novel lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa

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Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes and Mortality in Adults and Adolescents in South Africa: Analysis of National Surveillance Data, 2003 - 2008.

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Surveillance for incidence and etiology of early-onset neonatal sepsis in Soweto, South Africa

scientific article published on 10 April 2019

Temporal Changes in Pneumococcal Colonization in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Mother-Child Pairs Following Transitioning From 7-valent to 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Soweto, South Africa

scientific article published on 17 March 2015

Temporal association in hospitalizations for tuberculosis, invasive pneumococcal disease and influenza virus illness in South African children

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Temporal changes in pneumococcal colonization in a rural African community with high HIV prevalence following routine infant pneumococcal immunization

scientific article published on November 2013

The Burden and Clinical Presentation of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Adults With Severe Respiratory Illness in a High Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence Setting, 2012-2014.

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The Epidemiology of Meningitis among Adults in a South African Province with a High HIV Prevalence, 2009-2012

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The Fraction of Rhinovirus Detections Attributable to Mild and Severe Respiratory Illness in a Setting of High Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence, South Africa, 2013–2015

scholarly article by Orienka Hellferscee et al published 22 December 2018 in Journal of Infectious Diseases

The Global Meningococcal Initiative: global epidemiology, the impact of vaccines on meningococcal disease and the importance of herd protection.

scientific article published on 8 November 2016

The Global Meningococcal Initiative: recommendations for reducing the global burden of meningococcal disease

scientific article published on 3 March 2011

The Impact of Influenza and Tuberculosis Interaction on Mortality Among Individuals Aged ≥15 Years Hospitalized With Severe Respiratory Illness in South Africa, 2010-2016

scholarly article by Sibongile Walaza et al published March 2019 in Open Forum Infectious Diseases

The cost-effectiveness of using pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) versus pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23), in South African adults

scientific article published on 29 January 2020

The effects of the attributable fraction and the duration of symptoms on burden estimates of influenza-associated respiratory illnesses in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2013-2015.

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The everchanging epidemiology of meningococcal disease worldwide and the potential for prevention through vaccination

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

The global distribution and diversity of protein vaccine candidate antigens in the highly virulent Streptococcus pnuemoniae serotype 1.

scientific article published on 09 January 2017

The impact of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions on future respiratory syncytial virus transmission in South Africa

scientific article published on 13 March 2022

The impact of HIV exposure on respiratory syncytial virus-associated severe respiratory illness in South African infants, 2011-2016

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The impact of antiretroviral treatment on the burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in South African children: a time series analysis

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The multidrug-resistant PMEN1 pneumococcus is a paradigm for genetic success

scientific article published on 16 November 2012

The performance of different case definitions for severe influenza surveillance among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children aged <5 years in South Africa, 2011-2015

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

The relative invasive disease potential of Streptococcus pneumoniae among children after PCV introduction: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 30 June 2018

The role of HIV in influenza- and respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalizations in South African children, 2011-2016

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Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis and antibiotic nonsusceptibility in invasive pneumococcal disease

scientific article published on 9 January 2012

Two cases of serotypeable and non-serotypeable variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae detected simultaneously during invasive disease

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Understanding pneumococcal serotype 1 biology through population genomic analysis

scientific article published on 8 November 2016

Use of seasonal influenza and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines in older adults to reduce COVID-19 mortality

scientific article published on 19 June 2020

Virulence characteristics of Klebsiella and clinical manifestations of K. pneumoniae bloodstream infections

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Visualizing variation within Global Pneumococcal Sequence Clusters (GPSCs) and country population snapshots to contextualize pneumococcal isolates

scientific article published on 30 April 2020

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