TABLE 1.
Distribution in the chessboard system of the 352 pneumococcal strains according to their serotypes and number tested with the Pneumotest-Latex
| Pool | Serotype(s) or group(s)a (n) with pool:
|
Total no. of isolates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Q | R | S | T | Nonvaccine groups or types | ||
| A | 1 (8) | 18F (1), 18A (2), 18B (1), 18C (7) | 4 (8) | 5 (7) | 2 (5) | 39 | |
| B | 19F (8), 19A (8), 19B (4), 19C (1) | 6A (5), 6B (7) | 3 (7) | 8 (7) | 47 | ||
| C | 7F (8), 7A (2), 7B (2), 7C (5) | 20 (5) | 24F (5), 24A (3), 24B (1), 31 (5), 40 (2) | 38 | |||
| D | 9A (1), 9L (5), 9N (7), 9V (8) | 11F (1), 11A (8), 11B (1), 11C (1), 11D (1) | 16F (5), 16A (1), 36 (2), 37 (5) | 46 | |||
| E | 12F (8), 12A (4), 12B (1) | 10F (4), 10A (8), 10B (2), 10C (1) | 33F (8), 33A (1), 33B (5), 33C (3), 33D (1) | 21 (5), 39 (5) | 56 | ||
| F | 17F (6), 17A (2) | 22F (7), 22A (6) | 27 (2), 32F (1), 32A (1), 41F (3), 41A (2) | 30 | |||
| G | 29 (4) | 34 (5) | 35F (5), 35A (1), 35B (5), 35C (2) | 42 (2) | 47F (1), 47A (1) | 26 | |
| H | 14 (7) | 23F (7), 23A (5), 23B (5) | 15F (1), 15A (5), 15B (7), 15C (5) | 13 (6), 28F (4), 28A (3) | 55 | ||
| I | 25F (1), 25A (1) | 38 (5) | 43 (1) | 44 (1) | 45 (1) | 46 (2), 48 (3) | 15 |
| Total no. of isolates | 59 | 50 | 63 | 58 | 56 | 66 | 352 |
a
Boldface indicates that the group or type is included in the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine.