Eileen Dunne

Determining the serotype composition of mixed samples of pneumococcus using whole-genome sequencing

James R Knight, Eileen M Dunne, E Kim Mulholland, Sudipta Saha, Catherine Satzke, Adrienn Tothpal, Daniel M Weinberger

Journal article  |  2021  |  Microbial Genomics

Serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae is a critical tool in the surveillance of the pathogen and in the development and evaluatio..

Assessing reduced-dose pneumococcal vaccine schedules in South Africa.

Eileen M Dunne, Tamara Pilishvili, Richard A Adegbola

Journal article  |  2020  |  Lancet Infectious Diseases

The Challenges of Using Oropharyngeal Samples To Measure Pneumococcal Carriage in Adults

Laura K Boelsen, Eileen M Dunne, Katherine A Gould, F Tupou Ratu, Jorge E Vidal, Fiona M Russell, E Kim Mulholland, Jason Hinds, Catherine Satzke

Journal article  |  2020  |  mSphere

Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) carriage is commonly used to measure effects of pneumococcal vaccines. Based on findin..

Insights into pneumococcal pneumonia using lung aspirates and nasopharyngeal swabs collected from pneumonia patients in The Gambia.

Eileen M Dunne, Yinglei Hua, Rasheed Salaudeen, Ilias Hossain, Malick Ndiaye, Belinda D Ortika, E Kim Mulholland, Jason Hinds, Sam Manna, Grant A Mackenzie, Catherine Satzke

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Infectious Diseases

We investigated the pathogenesis of pneumococcal pneumonia using clinical specimens collected for pneumonia surveillance in The Ga..

Factors associated with pneumococcal carriage and density in children and adults in Fiji, using four cross-sectional surveys

Eleanor FG Neal, Cattram D Nguyen, Felista T Ratu, Eileen M Dunne, Mike Kama, Belinda D Ortika, Laura K Boelsen, Joseph Kado, Lisi Tikoduadua, Rachel Devi, Evelyn Tuivaga, Rita C Reyburnl, Catherine Satzke, Eric Rafai, Kim Mulholland, Fiona M Russell

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS One

This study describes predictors of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage and density in Fiji. We used data from four annual (2012-2..

Associations between ethnicity, social contact, and pneumococcal carriage three years post-PCV10 in Fiji

Eleanor FG Neal, Stefan Flasche, Cattram D Nguyen, F Tupou Ratu, Eileen M Dunne, Lanieta Koyamaibole, Rita Reyburn, Eric Rafai, Mike Kama, Belinda D Ortika, Laura K Boelsen, Joseph Kado, Lisi Tikoduadua, Rachel Devi, Evelyn Tuivaga, Catherine Satzke, E Kim Mulholland, W John Edmunds, Fiona M Russell

Journal article  |  2020  |  Vaccine

BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal carriage is a prerequisite for pneumococcal disease. Little is known about whether social contact frequen..

Factors associated with pneumococcal carriage and density in infants and young children in Laos PDR

Eileen M Dunne, Molina Choummanivong, Eleanor FG Neal, Kathryn Stanhope, Cattram D Nguyen, Anonh Xeuatvongsa, Catherine Satzke, Vanphanom Sychareun, Fiona M Russell

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLoS One

Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is a precursor to pneumococcal disease. Several host and en..

Using pneumococcal carriage studies to monitor vaccine impact in low- and middle-income countries

Jocelyn Chan, Cattram D Nguyen, Eileen M Dunne, E Kim Mulholland, Tuya Mungun, William S Pomat, Eric Rafai, Catherine Satzke, Daniel M Weinberger, Fiona M Russell

Journal article  |  2019  |  Vaccine

Pneumococcal disease is a leading cause of childhood mortality, globally. The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) has been introd..

A Comparison of Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage in Very Young Fijian Infants Born by Vaginal or Cesarean Delivery

Eleanor Frances Georgina Neal, Cattram Nguyen, Felista Tupou Ratu, Silivia Matanitobua, Eileen Margaret Dunne, Rita Reyburn, Mike Kama, Rachel Devi, Kylie M Jenkins, Lisi Tikoduadua, Joseph Kado, Eric Rafai, Catherine Satzke, Edward Kim Mulholland, Fiona Mary Russell

Journal article  |  2019  |  JAMA Network Open

Importance: Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage is a prerequisite for pneumococcal disease. The main transmission route is from t..

Pneumococcal carriage, density, and co-colonization dynamics: A longitudinal study in Indonesian infants

Chrysanti Murad, Eileen M Dunne, Sunaryati Sudigdoadi, Eddy Fadlyana, Rodman Tarigan, Casey L Pell, Emma Watts, Cattram D Nguyen, Catherine Satzke, Jason Hinds, Mia Milanti Dewi, Meita Dhamayanti, Nanan Sekarwana, Kusnandi Rusmil, E Kim Mulholland, Cissy Kartasasmita

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Infectious Diseases

OBJECTIVES: Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae underpins disease development and transmission. This study was per..