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Volume 32, Number 2—February 2026

Research Letter

Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Childbearing-Age Women, United States, 2007–2023

Namrata PrasadComments to Author , Sopio Chochua, Bridget J. Anderson, Kathy M. Angeles, Meghan Barnes, Lee H. Harrison, Corinne Holtzman, Jessica R. Howard-Anderson, Shannon O’Brien, Susan Petit, Arthur Reingold, William Schaffner, Lesley McGee, Adam L. Cohen, and Miwako Kobayashi
Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (N. Prasad, S. Chochua, L. McGee, A.L. Cohen, M. Kobayashi); New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA (B.J. Anderson); New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA (K.M. Angeles); Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Denver, Colorado, USA (M. Barnes); Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (L.H. Harrison); Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (C. Holtzman); Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta (J.R. Howard-Anderson); Oregon Health Authority, Portland, Oregon, USA (S. O'Brien); Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (S. Petit); California Emerging Infections Program, Oakland, California, USA (A. Reingold); University of California, Berkeley, California (A. Reingold); Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (W. Schaffner)

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Incidence of IPD among pregnant (A), postpartum (B), and nonpregnant (C) women of childbearing age, United States, 2007–2023. Data were obtained from Active Bacterial Core surveillance. Shaded areas represent 95% CIs. IPD, invasive pneumococcal disease.

Figure. Incidence of IPD among pregnant (A), postpartum (B), and nonpregnant (C) women of childbearing age, United States, 2007–2023. Data were obtained from Active Bacterial Core surveillance. Shaded areas represent 95% CIs. IPD, invasive pneumococcal disease.

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