The impact of vaccines on pneumonia: key lessons from Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccinesBradford D Gessner
Agence de Medecine Preventive, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Doctor Roux, F 75724 Paris, France
Vaccine 26:B3-8. 2008
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Pneumococci in the African meningitis belt: meningitis incidence and carriage prevalence in children and adultsJudith E Mueller
Agence de Medecine Preventive, Paris, France
PLoS ONE 7:e52464. 2012
..The development of optimal vaccination strategies for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines requires serotype-specific data on disease incidence and carriage prevalence. This information is lacking for the African meningitis belt...
- Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine impact in resource-poor settings in Asia and Africa
Bradford D Gessner
Agence de Medecine Preventive, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
Expert Rev Vaccines 8:91-102. 2009
..Future issues include monitoring for serotype replacement and the effects of the HIV epidemic, evaluating the usefulness of a booster dose or new vaccine schedules and working to lower vaccine prices...
- Pneumococcal serotype distribution among meningitis cases from Togo and Burkina Faso during 2007-2009
Bradford D Gessner
Agence de Medecine Preventive, Paris, France
Vaccine 30:G41-5. 2012
..Pneumococcal meningitis was highly seasonal regardless of serotype. Data from this study emphasize the potential usefulness of PCVs among older children and adults...
- Study of a localized meningococcal meningitis epidemic in Burkina Faso: incidence, carriage, and immunity
Judith E Mueller
Agence de Medecine Preventive, Paris, France
J Infect Dis 204:1787-95. 2011
..To better understand localized meningococcal meningitis epidemics, we evaluated a serogroup A (NmA) epidemic in Burkina Faso by surveillance, carriage, and seroprevalence studies...
- Emergence of epidemic Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X meningitis in Togo and Burkina Faso
Isabelle Delrieu
Agence de Medecine Preventive, Paris, France
PLoS ONE 6:e19513. 2011
..Although limited to a few districts, we have documented NmX meningitis epidemics occurring with a seasonal incidence previously only reported in the meningitis belt for NmW135 and NmA, which argues for development of an NmX vaccine...
- Vaccine-preventable haemophilus influenza type B disease burden and cost-effectiveness of infant vaccination in Indonesia
Bradford D Gessner
Agence de Medecine Preventive, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:438-43. 2008
..Most of Asia, including Indonesia, does not use Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccines. We estimated total vaccine-preventable disease burden and the cost-effectiveness of Hib conjugate vaccine in Indonesia...
- A hypothetical explanatory model for meningococcal meningitis in the African meningitis belt
Judith E Mueller
Agence de Medecine Preventive, Institut Pasteur, 25 28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
Int J Infect Dis 14:e553-9. 2010
..Epidemic waves occur if new meningococcal strains which escape pre-existing immunity, enter the population. Future research should include the impact of viral co-infection on bacterial colonization and invasion...
- African meningitis belt pneumococcal disease epidemiology indicates a need for an effective serotype 1 containing vaccine, including for older children and adults
Bradford D Gessner
Agence de Medecine Preventive, 25 28 rue du Dr, Roux, Paris 75728, France
BMC Infect Dis 10:22. 2010
..We aimed to collect all available population based data on pneumococcal meningitis throughout life in the African meningitis belt and then to model overall meningitis risk to help inform vaccine policy...
- Establishment of a National Immunization Technical Advisory Group in Côte d'Ivoire: process and lessons learned
Julia Blau
Agence de Medecine Preventive, s c Institut Pasteur, 25 28 Rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
Vaccine 30:2588-93. 2012
..The latter rapidly dissolved over the course of numerous meetings held with the SIVAC Initiative to clarify the mandate of a NITAG...
- Seasonal influenza epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Bradford D Gessner
Agence de Medecine Preventive, Paris, France
Lancet Infect Dis 11:223-35. 2011
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