Invasive pneumococcal disease in relation to vaccine type serotypes

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Figure 1. Serotype distribution before and after vaccine introduction, all ages.

Distribution of vaccine type and non-conjugate vaccine type serotypes before (blue) and after (grey) implementation of conjugate vaccines. Figure was constructed with data from reference.¹Note: Serotypes 15B and 22F are included in 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine, PPSV23. The term “non-vaccine” used throughout the article refers to “non-conjugate vaccine” serotypes.

Richter SS, Heilmann KP, Dohrn CL, Riahi F, Diekema DJ, Doern GV. Pneumococcal serotypes before and after introduction of conjugate vaccines, United States, 1999-2011(1.). Emerg Infect Dis. 2013;19:1074–83. doi:10.3201/eid1907.121830.

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