The complexity of serotype replacement of pneumococci

Figures & data

Figure 1. Changes in certain serotypes from IPD cases in Europe between 2010 and 2016, extracted from ECDC data^6–11.

Figure 2. Despite increasing vaccination rate per DCC group, the carriage rate of the children remained essentially the same¹².

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