Invasive serotype 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae outbreaks in the South Pacific from 2000 to 2007

S Le Hello; M Watson; M Levy; S Marcon; M Brown; J F Yvon; I Missotte; B Garin

doi:10.1128/JCM.01615-09

Invasive serotype 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae outbreaks in the South Pacific from 2000 to 2007

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Aug;48(8):2968-71. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01615-09. Epub 2010 Jun 9.

Authors

S Le Hello¹, M Watson, M Levy, S Marcon, M Brown, J F Yvon, I Missotte, B Garin

Affiliation

¹ Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, New Caledonia. [email protected]

Abstract

In New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, and French Polynesia, an active surveillance system was established to monitor pneumococcal serotype prevalence between 2000 and 2007. The most prevalent serotype was serotype 1, which belonged to the major clonal complex sequence type 306 (ST306) and was responsible for invasive pneumococcal disease outbreaks.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Child
Child, Preschool
DNA Fingerprinting
Disease Outbreaks*
Female
Genotype
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
New Caledonia / epidemiology
Pneumococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology*
Polynesia / epidemiology
Prevalence
Serotyping
Streptococcus pneumoniae / classification*
Streptococcus pneumoniae / genetics
Streptococcus pneumoniae / immunology
Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
Young Adult