Impact of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on invasive disease, antimicrobial resistance and colonization in Alaska Natives: progress towards elimination of a health disparity

Vaccine. 2005 Dec 1;23(48-49):5464-73. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.08.100. Epub 2005 Sep 12.

Abstract

We evaluated invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), antimicrobial resistance and nasopharyngeal colonization before and after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in Alaska Natives (AN), a population with high IPD rates. We obtained IPD rates from population-based surveillance. Colonization was determined from annual surveys among rural AN of all ages and from urban children. After vaccine introduction, vaccine-type IPD rates declined by 91% among AN children <2 years, by 80% among non-Natives <2 years, and by 40% for adults of all races (P<0.001 each). IPD decreased for isolates resistant to penicillin, erythromycin and cotrimoxazole (P<0.001 each). Vaccine-type colonization decreased among rural and urban children <5 years and among rural adults (P<0.001 each). PCV7 vaccine has eliminated a longstanding disparity of vaccine-type IPD for AN children. Decreased vaccine-type colonization and IPD in adults demonstrate indirect vaccine effects.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Alaska
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
  • Humans
  • Immunization Programs*
  • Infant
  • Meningococcal Vaccines / therapeutic use*
  • Middle Aged
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Pneumococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Pneumococcal Infections / ethnology
  • Pneumococcal Infections / prevention & control*
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines / administration & dosage*
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines / therapeutic use
  • Population Surveillance

Substances

  • Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
  • Meningococcal Vaccines
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines