Hospital-based sentinel surveillance for Streptococcus pneumoniae and other invasive bacterial diseases in India (HBSSPIBD): design and methodology.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the frequently isolated organisms and an important aetiological agent of invasive bacterial diseases (IBD) like pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis. As a measure to control the burden of IBD, the Government of India introduced Pneumoccocal Conjugate Vaccine-13 (PCV-13) in the Universal Immunization Program in high burden districts of five states in a phased manner from 2017 onwards. It is essential to understand the trend of circulating pneumococcal serotypes associated with IBD in the prevaccination and postvaccination scenarios to decide on the expansion of vaccination programmes and PCV reformulation. This manuscript describes the protocol for hospital-based sentinel surveillance for S. pneumoniae and other organisms cau

SUBMITTER: Rajkumar P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7245370 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature