Clonal Expansion of a Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 3 Capsule Variant Sequence Type 700 With Enhanced Vaccine Escape Potential After 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Introduction
Kalizang'oma A, Swarthout T, Mwalukomo T, Kamng'ona A, Brown C, Msefula J, Demetriou H, Chan J, Roalfe L, Obolski U, Lourenço J, Goldblatt D, Chaguza C, French N, Heyderman R. Clonal Expansion of a Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 3 Capsule Variant Sequence Type 700 With Enhanced Vaccine Escape Potential After 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Introduction. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2024, jiae040. PMID: 38530917, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClonal expansionSequence typingAntimicrobial resistanceSusceptibility to opsonophagocytic killingWhole-genome sequencingStreptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3Serotype 3Post-PCV13 introductionNext-generation pneumococcal vaccinesPneumococcal conjugate vaccine introductionVaccine escapeConjugate vaccine introductionPneumococcal conjugate vaccineIncreased antimicrobial resistancePolysaccharide biosynthesisPhylogenetic reconstructionSequencing projectsLocus sequencesCapsule locusSequence clustersGenomic surveillanceOpsonophagocytic killingPhenotypic characteristicsVaccine introductionConjugate vaccine