Publications

Pneumococcal carriage and antibiotic resistance in young children before 13-valent conjugate vaccine.

Author(s): Wroe PC, Lee GM, Finkelstein JA, Pelton SI, Hanage WP, Lipsitch M, Stevenson AE, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman K, Dutta-Linn MM, Hinrichsen VL, Lakoma M, Huang SS|Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J|PMID: 22173142| March 2012

We sought to measure trends in Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage and antibiotic resistance in young children in Massachusetts communities after widespread…

Evidence that pneumococcal serotype replacement in Massachusetts following conjugate vaccination is now complete.

Author(s): Hanage WP, Finkelstein JA, Huang SS, Pelton SI, Stevenson AE, Kleinman K, Hinrichsen VL, Fraser C|Journal: Epidemics|PMID: 21031138| June 2010

Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) has been reduced in the US following conjugate vaccination (PCV7) targeting seven pneumococcal serotypes in 2000.…