Asia-Pacific Pneumococcal Disease Control in the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Era

Financial burden of severe childhood illness on households in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: A prospective cohort study

A Quach, M Mayxay, L Bounvilay, A Thammavong, T Bounkhoun, C Phaiphichit, N Kingkeooudom, S Phangmanixay, P Souvannasing, EA Ashley, C Nguyen, N Carvalho, FM Russell

2026-02-01

Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) introduced a National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme in 2016 to all provinces except Vientia..

Opportunities and challenges of conducting vaccine research in low and middle-income countries in the Asia–Pacific region: perspectives from the Asia–Pacific Vaccine Research Network

JA Thobari, E Arguni, JA Bunoan-Macazo, S Clark, N Dorj, V Douangboupha, P Doungngern, HH Vu, LA Chandra, JH Haposan, I Koroituku, P Nouanthong, AL Ong-Lim, D Otgonbayar, LP Tran, I Tuibeqa, C von Mollendorf, FM Russell

2025-05-01

During the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine technology and development advanced substantially in high-income countries, but this progres..

Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 33H: a novel serotype with frameshift mutations in the acetyltransferase gene wciG.

Sam Manna, Belinda D Ortika, Joel P Werren, Casey L Pell, Ilche Gjuroski, Stephanie W Lo, Jason Hinds, Odgerel Tundev, Eileen M Dunne, Bradford D Gessner, Fiona M Russell, E Kim Mulholland, Tuya Mungun, Claire von Mollendorf, Stephen D Bentley, Markus Hilty, Neil Ravenscroft, Catherine Satzke

2025-03-25

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is a leading cause of community-acquired pneumonia. Pneumococci are catego..

Inequitable Distribution of Global Economic Benefits from Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination

F Niyibitegeka, FM Russell, M Jit, N Carvalho

2024-07-01

Many low- and middle-income countries have been slow to introduce the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) into their routine chil..

Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 33G: genetic, serological, and structural analysis of a new capsule type

Sam Manna, Joel P Werren, Belinda D Ortika, Barbara Bellich, Casey L Pell, Elissavet Nikolaou, Ilche Gjuroski, Stephanie Lo, Jason Hinds, Odgerel Tundev, Eileen M Dunne, Bradford D Gessner, Stephen D Bentley, Fiona M Russell, E Kim Mulholland, Tuya Mungun, Claire Von Mollendorf, Paul V Licciardi, Paola Cescutti, Neil Ravenscroft

2024-01-01

Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is a human pathogen responsible for a spectrum of diseases such as pneumonia, sepsis, ..

A systematic review of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine impact on pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonisation density in children under 5 years of age

I Jagne, C von Mollendorf, A Wee-Hee, B Ortika, C Satzke, FM Russell

2023-05-05

Background: High pneumococcal carriage density has been associated with severe pneumonia in some settings. The impact of pneumococ..

Variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 14 from Papua New Guinea with the Potential to Be Mistyped and Escape Vaccine-Induced Protection

S Manna, L Spry, A Wee-Hee, BD Ortika, LK Boelsen, S Batinovic, N Mazarakis, RL Ford, SW Lo, SD Bentley, FM Russell, CC Blyth, WS Pomat, S Petrovski, J Hinds, PV Licciardi, C Satzke

2022-08-01

Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is a human pathogen of global importance, classified into serotypes based on the type ..