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Association Between the Decline in Pneumococcal Disease in Unimmunized Adults and Vaccine-Derived Protection Against Colonization in Toddlers and Preschool-Aged Children
Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE, Regev-Yochay G, Givon-Lavi N, Dagan R. Association Between the Decline in Pneumococcal Disease in Unimmunized Adults and Vaccine-Derived Protection Against Colonization in Toddlers and Preschool-Aged Children. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2018, 188: 160-168. PMID: 30462150, PMCID: PMC6321804, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwy219.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseaseUnimmunized adultsPneumococcal diseaseVaccine-associated immunityVaccine-derived protectionVaccine-targeted serotypesNationwide surveillance studyPrevalence of colonizationUnvaccinated adultsPneumococcal carriagePreschool aged childrenVaccine uptakeColonization prevalenceGroup of childrenVaccination coverageEmergency departmentSurveillance studyDisease ratesTrajectory of declineAge rangeAdultsAged childrenChildrenSerotypesVaccine
2025
Estimating the Serotype-Specific Association Between the Concentration of Vaccine-Induced Serum Antibodies and Protection Against Pneumococcal Colonization
Wong A, Warren J, Fitch L, Perniciaro S, Dagan R, Weinberger D. Estimating the Serotype-Specific Association Between the Concentration of Vaccine-Induced Serum Antibodies and Protection Against Pneumococcal Colonization. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2025, jiaf106. PMID: 40036886, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigher-valent PCVsPneumococcal conjugate vaccinePneumococcal colonizationVaccine-induced serum antibodiesRisk of colonizationSerum immunoglobulin GRandomized controlled trialsConjugate vaccinePCV13Clinical trialsSerum IgGImmune responseVaccinated childrenSevere diseaseVaccine effectivenessSerum antibodiesPCV20Serotype-specificImmunoglobulin GSerotypesColonIndirect protectionIgGVaccineTrialsThe Complex Landscape of Updated Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines
Thindwa D, Shapiro E, Weinberger D. The Complex Landscape of Updated Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2025, 12: ofaf050. PMID: 39968305, PMCID: PMC11834978, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf050.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Predicting vaccine effectiveness against invasive pneumococcal disease in children using immunogenicity data
Ryman J, Weaver J, Hu T, Weinberger D, Yee K, Sachs J. Predicting vaccine effectiveness against invasive pneumococcal disease in children using immunogenicity data. Npj Vaccines 2022, 7: 140. PMID: 36344529, PMCID: PMC9640717, DOI: 10.1038/s41541-022-00538-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPneumococcal conjugate vaccineSerotype-specific IgG concentrationsInvasive pneumococcal diseaseVaccine effectivenessIgG concentrationsPneumococcal diseaseImmune responseAntibody concentrationsProtective antibody concentrationsNext-generation vaccinesPCV13 recipientsConjugate vaccineImmunogenicity dataPCV7PCV13SerotypesVaccineDiseasePlaceboImmunogenicityRecipients
2015
Association Between Local Pediatric Vaccination Rates and Patterns of Pneumococcal Disease in Adults
Pingali SC, Warren JL, Mead AM, Sharova N, Petit S, Weinberger DM. Association Between Local Pediatric Vaccination Rates and Patterns of Pneumococcal Disease in Adults. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2015, 213: 509-515. PMID: 26310307, PMCID: PMC4721904, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseasePneumococcal diseaseIPD casesPopulation-based surveillance systemZip code level dataAdult IPD casesDoses of PCV7Effectiveness of PCVsPediatric vaccination ratesVaccination of childrenState immunization registryZip codesLogistic regression modelsPCV7 serotypesHigher proportionVaccination ratesImmunization registryDisease patternsDiseaseAdultsPCV7PCVSerotypesChildrenDoses
2013
Using Pneumococcal Carriage Data to Monitor Postvaccination Changes in Invasive Disease
Weinberger DM, Bruden DT, Grant LR, Lipsitch M, O'Brien KL, Pelton SI, Sanders EA, Feikin DR. Using Pneumococcal Carriage Data to Monitor Postvaccination Changes in Invasive Disease. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2013, 178: 1488-1495. PMID: 24013204, PMCID: PMC3813314, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseaseIPD incidenceCarriage dataProportion of IPDPCV changesNasopharyngeal carriage studyNasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriagePre-PCV7 periodYears of agePCV7 introductionPneumococcal diseaseCarriage prevalenceNonvaccine serotypesPneumococcal carriageVaccine impactInvasive diseaseCarriage studiesHigh-quality surveillance systemsAmerican Indian populationsSerotype dataIncidenceIndian populationMixed effects modelsSerotypesVaccine
2011
Serotype replacement in disease after pneumococcal vaccination
Weinberger DM, Malley R, Lipsitch M. Serotype replacement in disease after pneumococcal vaccination. The Lancet 2011, 378: 1962-1973. PMID: 21492929, PMCID: PMC3256741, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(10)62225-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-vaccine serotypesSerotype replacementPneumococcal diseaseHeptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccinePneumococcal conjugate vaccineImportant public health benefitsBenefits of vaccinationPublic health benefitsDisease surveillance systemsNVT carriagePneumococcal vaccinationSurveillance biasesConjugate vaccineVaccine serotypesCarriage prevalencePneumococcal serotypesAsymptomatic carriersCarriage dataDiseaseVaccinationHealth benefitsLow invasivenessPrevalenceSerotypesCarriage
2009
Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharide Structure Predicts Serotype Prevalence
Weinberger DM, Trzciński K, Lu YJ, Bogaert D, Brandes A, Galagan J, Anderson PW, Malley R, Lipsitch M. Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharide Structure Predicts Serotype Prevalence. PLOS Pathogens 2009, 5: e1000476. PMID: 19521509, PMCID: PMC2689349, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerotype replacementCarriage prevalenceNasopharyngeal carriageCapsular serotypesNon-vaccine serotypesNeutrophil-mediated killingNasopharyngeal carriage prevalenceCapsular polysaccharideVaccinated populationSerotype prevalenceEpidemiological patternsPrevalent serotypesStreptococcus pneumoniaeBacterial factorsParticular serotypePrevalenceImportant serotypesNovel biological principleSerotypesDifferent serotypesCarriageNeutrophilsBiological differencesKillingVaccination
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