Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика (Apr 2015)
Landscape of Serotypes Pneumococcus Isolate with Pneumococcal Meningitis in the Russian Federation
Abstract
Invasive pneumococcal serotypes landscape in various Russian regions studied. The study showed dominance (in decreasing order of importance) serogroups/serotypes 3, 6, 19, 4, 23, 18, 14, 15, 7, 11 and 9, which accounted for 88% of all identified serogroups/ serotypes. Among children under 5 years occupied a leading position serogroups/serotypes 19F, 18, 14, 6, 3, 7F and 23F, whereas among adults older than 45 years was dominated by serogroup/serotype 3, 6, 19F, 11, 4, 18, 23, 7, 15 and 14. The most frequently encountered material samples sectional serotypes 4, 23F, 14, 11A, 19F and 3.
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