New paper! NICD team traces the global expansion of GPSC3 within serotype 8 following the introduction of the PCV13 in South Africa 🇿🇦. An increase in invasive disease incidence of non-vaccine type serotype 8 is observed after PCV introduction.
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Background. Serotype 8 has emerged as a common non-vaccine serotype causing invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children and adults globally after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine...
