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Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021
Letter

Post–13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Dynamics in Young Children

Corinne LevyComments to Author , Naim Ouldali, Emmanuelle Varon, Stéphane Béchet, Stéphane Bonacorsi, and Robert Cohen
Author affiliations: Association Clinique et Thérapeutique Infantile du Val-de-Marne, Créteil, France (C. Levy, N. Ouldali, S. Béchet, R. Cohen); Groupe de Pathologie Infectieuse Pédiatrique, Paris, France (C. Levy, N. Ouldali, E. Varon, S. Bonacorsi, R. Cohen); Université Paris Est, IMRB-GRC GEMINI, Créteil (C. Levy, E. Varon, R. Cohen); Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil, Créteil (C. Levy, E. Varon, R. Cohen); Association Française de Pédiatrie Ambulatoire, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (C. Levy, R. Cohen); Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Robert Debré, ECEVE INSERM UMR 1123, Paris (N. Ouldali, S. Bonacorsi); Université de Paris, IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Paris (S. Bonacorsi)

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Table

Comparison of pneumococcal serotypes in children <24 mo of age in Israel, 2015–2017, and France, 2015–2018*

Serotypes Cases of invasive pneumococcal disease, no. (%)
Israel France
Total
 216 (100.0)
 113 (100.0)
PCV13 serotypes 22 (10.2) 5 (4.4)
22F 8 (3.7) 8 (7.1)
33F
 23 (10.6)
 5 (4.4)
PCV15 serotypes† 53 (24.5) 18 (15.9)
8 2 (0.9) 2 (1.8)
10A 8 (3.7) 11 (9.7)
11A 3 (1.4) 2 (1.8)
12F 58 (26.9) 1 (0.9)
15B/C
 10 (4.6)
 13 (11.5)
PCV20 serotypes‡
 134 (62.0)
 47 (41.6)
Non-VT20 82 (38.0) 66 (58.4)
24F
 7 (3.2)
 31 (27.4)
VT20–13
 112 (51.9)
 42 (37.2)
Non-PCV13 194 (89.8) 108 (95.6)

*Non-VT20, serotypes in PCV20; PCV13, 13-valent PCV; PCV15, 15-valent PCV; PCV20, 20-valent PCV; PCV, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; VT20–13, vaccine types in PCV20 but not PCV13. †Comprises PCV13 serotypes as well as 22F and 33F. ‡Comprises PCV15 serotypes as well as 8, 10A, 11A, 12F, and 15B/C.

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