Abstract
In 2014, an acute respiratory illness outbreak affected unaccompanied children from Central America entering the United States; 9% of 774 surveyed children were colonized with Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 5. In our 2015 follow-up survey of 475 children, serotype 5 was not detected, and an interim recommendation to administer 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to all unaccompanied children was discontinued.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Carrier State / epidemiology*
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Carrier State / microbiology*
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Central America / ethnology
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Child
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Minors / statistics & numerical data
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Nasopharynx / microbiology
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Pneumococcal Infections / epidemiology*
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Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology*
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Prevalence
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Serogroup
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Streptococcus pneumoniae*
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Texas
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Undocumented Immigrants / statistics & numerical data*