Two conundrums puzzle COVID‐19 investigators: 1) morbidity and mortality is rare among
infants and young children and 2) rates of morbidity and mortality exhibit large variances …

Streptococcus pneumoniae related diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality,
especially in children and in the elderly population. It is transmitted to other individuals …

The proportion of the global population aged 65 and older is rapidly increasing. Infections in
this age group, most recently with SARS-CoV-2, cause substantial morbidity and mortality …

COVID-19 control measures have resulted in a decline in invasive bacterial disease caused
by Neisseria meningitidis (IMD), Streptococcus pneumoniae (IPD), and Haemophilus …

Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy (IR Biotyper; Bruker) allows highly
discriminatory fingerprinting of closely related bacterial strains. In this study, FT-IR …

Background Brazil introduced 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) into its
immunization program in 2010. We assessed antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus …

In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Naim Ouldali and colleagues1 describe the effect of
pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) on the incidence of invasive pneumococcal …

Introduction Representative information on disease course and outcome of invasive
meningococcal disease (IMD) is important because of the shift in meningococcal …

Background There is an ongoing need to assess the impact of pneumococcal conjugate
vaccines (PCVs) to guide the use of these potentially valuable but under-utilized vaccines …

Introduction The 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10, Synflorix) was
introduced into the Dutch pediatric national immunization program (NIP) starting in 2011 …