Non-linear relationships between children age and pneumococcal vaccine coverage: Important implications for vaccine prevention strategies
Non-linear relationships between children age and pneumococcal vaccine coverage: Important implications for vaccine prevention strategies
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DOI:
10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.01.056
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发表时间:
2021-02-13
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Ye,Xiaohua
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作者:
Liu,Yanling;Li,Wenhui;Ye,Xiaohua
BackgroundStreptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is an important pathogen causing both invasive and non-invasive infections in children, with significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. This study aimed to determine the potential relationships between age and vaccine coverage and between multiple phenotype-genotype characteristics ofS. pneumoniaeisolated from children.MethodsAllS. pneumoniaeisolates were tested for antimicrobial susceptibility, virulence genes, serotypes, and sequence types. The restricted cubic spline models were used to reveal potential relationships between children age and pneumococcal vaccine coverage.ResultsFor capsular-based vaccines, we observed a high coverage rate of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13, 85.8%) and a significantly non-linear relationship between children age and vaccine coverage (including PCV7, PCV10, and PCV13), with marked fluctuations in children aged < 2 years. For protein-based and pilus-based vaccine candidates, we demonstrated dynamic non-linear relationships between age and vaccine coverage, maintaining a stable and high coverage rate ofplyandlytAfor all age groups. Moreover, there were significantly high-dimensional corresponding relationships among multiple phenotype-genotype characteristics ofS. pneumoniaeisolates (such as ST271 associated with serotype 19F, PI-2, and extensively drug-resistance).ConclusionsOur findings suggest that the age for high PCV coverage being children aged ≥ 2 years and also provide important evidence for supportingplyandlytAas priority candidate targets for the development of new-generation protein vaccines.