2025
Decline in Community-Acquired Alveolar Pneumonia Positive for Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Hospitalized Children Following Implementation of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) in Israel
Dagan R, van der Beek B, Grupel T, Greenberg D, Keren-Naus A, Ben-Shimol S, Weinberger D. Decline in Community-Acquired Alveolar Pneumonia Positive for Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Hospitalized Children Following Implementation of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) in Israel. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2025, ciaf102. PMID: 40052957, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaf102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPneumococcal conjugate vaccineImpact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccinesConjugate vaccineCommunity-acquired alveolar pneumoniaPneumococcal conjugate vaccine implementationImplementation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccinesRespiratory syncytial virusAnnual hospitalization rateCommunity-acquiredAlveolar pneumoniaSyncytial virusPCV13 implementationAnnual incidenceYoung childrenHospitalization ratesIncidenceRSVMonthsVaccineChildrenEpisodesRegression modelsSynergistic rolePCV13Binomial regression models
2023
2618. Four Respiratory Viruses are Involved in the Majority of Community-Acquired Alveolar Pneumonia (CAAP) Episodes in Children < 5 Years
Dagan R, van der Beek B, Greenberg D, Ben-Shimol S, Keren-Naos A, Weinberger D, Danino D. 2618. Four Respiratory Viruses are Involved in the Majority of Community-Acquired Alveolar Pneumonia (CAAP) Episodes in Children < 5 Years. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.2231. PMCID: PMC10679033, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.2231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlveolar pneumoniaRespiratory virusesBacterial-viral coinfectionsOnly medical centerProspective active surveillanceYoung childrenGrant/research supportParainfluenza virusActive surveillanceMedical CenterNasal samplesHospitalizationPositive specimensEpidemiological activityViral detectionStudy periodViral activityMonthly incidenceMultiple studiesVirusPneumoniaChildrenEpisodesMain virusesRSV
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