Streptococcus pyogenes Colonization in Children Aged 24–59 Months in the Gambia: Impact of Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine and Associated Serological Responses
Keeley A, Groves D, Armitage E, Senghore E, Jagne Y, Sallah H, Drammeh S, Angyal A, Hornsby H, de Crombrugghe G, Smeesters P, Rossi O, Carducci M, Peno C, Bogaert D, Kampmann B, Marks M, Shaw H, Turner C, de Silva T. Streptococcus pyogenes Colonization in Children Aged 24–59 Months in the Gambia: Impact of Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine and Associated Serological Responses. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2023, 228: 957-965. PMID: 37246259, PMCID: PMC10547459, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuantitative polymerase chain reactionLAIV groupInfluenza vaccineSerological responseOdds ratioDay 7Live attenuated influenza vaccineChildren Aged 24High-burden settingsAttenuated influenza vaccineControl group participantsBurden settingsGambian childrenNasopharyngeal swabsPoint prevalenceAged 24Polymerase chain reactionAsymptomatic colonizationNasopharyngeal colonizationIgG increaseControl groupDay 21Day 0LAIVS. pyogenes