Associations between ethnicity, social contact, and pneumococcal carriage three years post-PCV10 in Fiji.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pneumococcal carriage is a prerequisite for pneumococcal disease. Little is known about whether social contact frequency and intensity are associated with pneumococcal carriage. In Fiji, indigenous iTaukei have higher prevalence of pneumococcal carriage compared with Fijians of Indian Descent (FID). We hypothesised that contact differences may contribute to ethnic differences in pneumococcal carriage prevalence and density.

Methods

In 2015, young infants (5-8 weeks), toddlers (12-23 months), children (2-6 years), and caregivers from Suva and surrounding areas, participated in a cross-sectional survey (n = 2014), three years post pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction. Demographic and contact data, and nasopharyngeal swabs were collected. Pneumococci were dete

SUBMITTER: Neal EFG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6964150 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature