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标题：Seroepidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in Queensland, 1990 to 1997
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作者：Mike Gratten ; Jane Carlisle ; Jeffery Hanna 等
期刊名称：Communicable Diseases Intelligence
印刷版ISSN：1447-4514
电子版ISSN：1445-4866
出版年度：1998
卷号：22
期号：12
出版社：Government Department of Health and Ageing
摘要：Serotypes responsible for 842 cases of invasive pneumococcal disease in Queensland betweenFebruary 1990 and October 1997 were identified. Type 14 caused 37.5% of episodes in children aged0-4 years and 19.2% of adult cases. Types 6A, 6B, 14, 18C, and 19F were significantly more frequent inyoung children while types 3, 4, 7F, 9V and 23F predominated in adults. The regional incidence of t ype14 and 7F disease differed significantly in Southeast and Far North Queensland. Coverage for 87% ofchildren aged less than 5 years in this study would be provided by a recently advocatedpolysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine containing capsular antigens of types 4, 6B, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F and 23F. Similarly, more than 90% of adults would be covered by the currently available 23- valentpolysaccaride vaccine