Table 3.
The distribution of serotypes among the pneumococcal isolates in the three day care centres.
| Index children (N, %) | All individuals (N, %) | |||||
| Serotype | Tommila | Kuusimäki | Salorinne | Tommila | Kuusimäki | Salorinne |
| 18C | 0 | 0 | 20 (51.3) | 0 | 0 | 29 (43.3) |
| 9V | 18 (31.6) | 0 | 0 | 25 (35.7) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 12 (21.1) | 2 (5.6) | 7 (17.9) | 14 (20.0) | 2 (3.0) | 7 (10.4) |
| 19F | 0 | 13 (36.1) | 0 | 1 (1.4) | 20 (30.3) | 1 (1.5) |
| 15B/C | 4 (7.0) | 6 (16.7) | 4 (10.3) | 5 (7.1) | 8 (12.1) | 8 (11.9) |
| 11A | 1 (1.8) | 4 (11.1) | 4 (10.3) | 1 (1.4) | 7 (10.6) | 8 (11.9) |
| 35F | 5 (8.8) | 2 (5.6) | 0 | 5 (7.1) | 5 (7.6) | 1 (1.5) |
| 19A | 8 (14.0) | 0 | 0 | 9 (12.9) | 0 | 0 |
| 6B | 1 (1.8) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.4) | 6 (9.1) | 1 (1.5) |
| 14 | 0 | 2 (5.6) | 2 (5.1) | 0 | 5 (7.6) | 3 (4.5) |
| 22 | 0 | 5 (13.9) | 0 | 0 | 7 (10.6) | 0 |
| Others | 8 (14.0) | 2 (5.6) | 2 (5.1) | 9 (12.9) | 3 (4.5) | 3 (4.5) |
| Non-typables | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (4.5) | 6 (9.0) |
| Total | 57(100%) | 36 (100%) | 39 (100%) | 70 (100%) | 66 (100%) | 67 (100%) |
Distributions are presented separately for the index children and all individuals in the cohort in question.