Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children in Tonga

In Tonga, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is not a scheduled immunization. We identified all children in Tonga with invasive pneumococcal disease from 2010 to 2013. The average annual invasive pneumococcal disease incidence rate was 113/100,000 (<2 years), 50/100,000 (<5 years) and 25/100,000 (...

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Published in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 239 - 240
Main Authors:	Lutui, Flora, Grant, Cameron C, Best, Emma, Howie, Stephen, Aho, George
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Copyright Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved 01-02-2017
Subjects:	Adolescent Bacteremia Child Child, Preschool Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Immunization Schedule Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Meningitis, Pneumococcal Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology Retrospective Studies Streptococcus pneumoniae Tonga - epidemiology
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Summary:	In Tonga, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is not a scheduled immunization. We identified all children in Tonga with invasive pneumococcal disease from 2010 to 2013. The average annual invasive pneumococcal disease incidence rate was 113/100,000 (<2 years), 50/100,000 (<5 years) and 25/100,000 (<15 years). The case fatality rate (<5 years) was 25%. The incidence rate and high case fatality rate indicate the need for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
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ISSN:	0891-3668 1532-0987
DOI:	10.1097/INF.0000000000001400