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. 2017 Jan 26;13(6):1229–1241. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1277300

Table 1.

Strains of S. pneumoniae among children under the age of 7 years.

      n (%) - [most prevalent serotype]
Source Country (year) Study population (N) PCV7a PCV10-specific [1, 5, 7F] PCV13-specific [3, 6A, 19A] PPV23-specific serotypesb NV serotypes
IPD in Africa Eastern Mediterranean Region
Ben-Shimol et al. 20147 Israel (2012–13) Children <5 y with IPD (155) 12 (7.7)–[NS] 37 (23.9) - [NS]c 106 (68.4) - [NS]d
Ben-Shimol et al. 20158 Israel (2012–13) Children <5 y with IPD (NS) 7.0% [6B, 14] 11.1% [5] 14.4% [19A] 12F: 26.2% • 15B/C: 8% • 33F: 5.3% 10A: 2.1% 15A: 2.7% • 10B: 2.1% • other: 21.1%
von Gottberg et al. 20149 South Africa (2012) IPD children < 2 y (373) 77 (20.6)–[19F] 34 (9.1)–[5] 57 (15.3) -[19A] 8: 9.7% • 15B: 6.4% • 12F: 3.8% 9N: 2.4% 7C: 2.1% • 13: 0.8% • 34: 1.6% -other: 28.2%
Ba et al. 201410 Senegal (2007–08) NP carriage and IPD among children <2 y (132) 49 (37.1)–[6B, 19F] 4 (3.0)–[1] 18 (13.6)–[6A] 11A: 5.3% • 15B: 3.8% • 10A; 20: 3.0% 23B: 1.5% • 9A; 9L; 18B; 18F; 19B; 23A: 0.8% • NT: 20.5%
8; 12F; 22F: 0.8% • Other: 2.3%  
Ndlangisa et al. 201411 South Africa (2007) Children < 5 y with IPD (1084) 637 (58.8)–[14] 58 (5.4)–[1] 233 (21.5)–[6A] 157 (14.5)–[NS]d
IPD in Asia Pacific Region
Wei et al. 201512 Taiwan (2013) Children ≤ 5 y old with IPD (134) 27 (20.1)–[14] 0 (0)–[NA] 73 (54.5)–[19A] 34 (25.4)–[NS]d
Chiba et al. 201413 Japan (2012) Children <4 y old with IPD (144) 18 (12.5)–[NS] 126 (87.5) – [NS]e
Cho et al. 201414 South Korea (2006–10) Children <5 y old with IPD (110) 47 (42.7)–[NS] 1 (0.9)–[NS] 37 (33.6)–[NS] 25 (22.7)–[NS]d
IPD in Europe
Skoczynska et al. 20146 Poland (2011–13) Children 0–4 y old with IPD (145) 81 (55.9)–[14] 7 (4.8)–[1] 27 (18.6)–[19A] 15B/C: 6.9% • 10A; 11A: 2.8% 22F: 1.4% • 8: 0.7% 10 (6.9)–[NS]
Lepoutre et al. 201515 France (2012) Children < 2 y old with IPD (201) 13 (6.5)–[19F] 14 (7.0)–[7F] 16 (8.0)–[19A] 12F: 9.5% • 15B: 7.0% • 22F: 5.0% 24F: 19.9% • 15A: 6.5% • 15C: 2.0%
  6C: 0.5% • other: 28.4%
Aguiar et al. 201416 Portugal (2008–12) Children <5 y old with IPD (283) 75 (26.5)–[14] 58 (20.5)–[7F] 78 (27.6)–[19A] 72 (25.4)–[NS]
Del Amo et al. 201417 Spain (2007–11) Children ≤ 6 y old hospitalized with IPD (159) 22 (13.8)–[19F] 89 (56.0)–[1] 46 (28.9)–[19A] 22F: 1.9% • 10A: 1.3% • 8; 15B: 0.6% 23B: 3.1% • 15A; 15C; 16F; 24F: 1.3%
6C; 24B; 28; 38: 0.6%
Navarro-Torne et al. 201518 Europe (26 countries −2010) Children < 5 y old with IPD (570) 107 (18.8)–[NS] 329 (57.7)–[NS]c 134 (23.5)–[NS]d
Navarro-Torne et al. 201419 Europe (21 countries −2010) Children < 5 y old with IPD (NS) 19.2%–[NS] 26.9%–[NS] 27.0%–[NS] 26.9% -[NS]d
del Amo et al. 201420 Spain (2007–9) Children ≤ 5 y old hospitalized with IPD (141) 18 (12.8)–[14] 62 (44.0)–[1] 53 (37.6)–[19A] 10A; 15B/C; 22F: 0.7% 23B: 1.4% • 15A/F; 24B; other: 0.7%
IPD in Latin America
Echániz-Avilés et al. 201521 Mexico (2012) Children ≤ 5 y old hospitalized with IPD (105) 22 (21.0)–[19F] 5 (4.8)–[1] 47 (44.8)–[19A] 31 (29.5)–[NS]c
Abate et al. 201422 Argentina (1993–2011) Children 0–11 months old hospitalized with IPD (96) 45 (46.9)–[14] 27 (28.1)–[5] 12 (12.5)–[19A] 8: 3.1% 10F; 28A: 2.1%
Others (totaling 5.2%): 2, 7C, 11, 12, 15B, 16A, 18A, 18B, 20, 35F, 42
Parra et al. 201423 Colombia (2009–10) Children <2 y old with IPD (950) 252 (26.5)–[14] 100 (10.5)–[1] 100 (10.5)–[3] 12F: 1.6% • 8: 1.1% • 9N: 0.9% 16F: 1.2% • 6C; 23A: 0.7%
11A; 22F: 0.7% • 17F: 0.6% • 10A: 0.5% 13; 15A; 18A; 34: 0.6% • 15C; 23B; 25A; 28A; 35B: 0.4% • other: 38.8%
15B: 0.3% • 33F: .02% • 20: 0.1%  
IPD in USA/Canada
Moore et al. 201524 United States (2012–13) Children <5 y old with IPD (177) 14 (7.9)–[19F] 4 (2.3)–[7F] 23 (13.0)–[19A] 22F: 11.3% • 33F: 9.6% 38: 9.0% • 35B: 7.9% • 15C: 6.8%
15B: 7.3% • 12F: 4.0% 23B: 5.1% • 6C: 1.7% • other: 18.1%
De Wals et al. 201425 Canada (2011) Children <5 y old with IPD (87) 0 (0)–[NA] 8 (9.2)–[7F] 32 (36.8)–[19A] 48 (55.2)–[NS]c
Sader et al. 201426 USA (2011–12) Children <2 y old with IPD (3199) 205 (6.4)–[19F] 0 (0)–[NA] 680 (21.3)–[19A] 15B/C: 11.8% • 33F: 2.7% 23A: 10.6% • 6C: 7.2% • 35B: 6.3%
9N; 22F: 2.0% • 17F: 1.8% 23B: 5.6% • 21: 4.1% • 15A/F: 1.3%
other: 10.2% other: 6.7%
non-IPD in Africa Eastern Mediterranean Region
Ben-Shimol et al. 201427 Israel (2012–13) Children <2 y old with OM (80) 7 (8.8)–[NS]e 12 (15.0)–[NS]c 61 (76.3)–[NS]d  
Dagan et al. 201528 Israel (2012–13) Healthy infants ≤ 2 y old (5049) 1074 (21.3)–[6B] 35 (0.7)–[7F] 794 (15.7)–[19A] 15B/C: 8.4% • 11A: 4.1% • 17F: 2.0% 35B: 4.6% • 16F: 4.3% • 15A: 3.6%
  10A: 1.8% • 33F: 1.1% • 22F: 1.0% 23A: 3.1% • 34: 2.9% • 21: 2.2%
9N; 12F; 20: 0.5% • 8: 0.4% 6C; 23B; 38: 2.1% • 10B: 2.0%
  31: 1.9% • 13: 1.2% • 19B: 1.1%
  other: 8.6%
Nzenze et al. 201529 South Africa (2012–13) NPC among children ≤ 4 y old born of HIV positive and negative mothers (1283) 128 (10.0)–[19F] 4 (0.3)–[1] 57 (2.5)–[19A] 15B: 4.4% • 11A: 3.8%e 16F: 3.6% • 15A: 3.4% • 34: 2.7%
  35B: 2.3% • Other NS: 65.1%e
Hammitt et al. 201430 Kenya (2012) NPC among children <5 y old (129) 21 (16.3) [NS]g 108 (83.7) [NS]h
Daana et al. 201531 West Bank Palestine/East Jerusalem (2011) NPC among children ≤ 5 y old (916) 354 (38.6)–[19F] 0 (0)–[NA] 146 (15.9)–[6A] 15B/C: 7.4% • 11A; 17F: 4.2% 35B: 5.1% • 15A: 3.3% • 6C: 1.9%
  19B; 33: 1.8% • 23A: 1.4% • 23B: 0.9%
  Other NS: 13.9%d
Nunes et al. 201532 South Africa (2009) NPC among children <4 y old (201) 31 (15.4)–[NS] 26 (12.9)–[19A]c 61 (30.3)–[NS]d
non-IPD in Asia Pacific Region
Geng et al. 201433 China (2012–13) NPC among children <5 y old admitted with respiratory infection (178) 128 (71.9)–[19F] 0 (0)–[NA] 32 (18.0)–[19A] 15B/C: 6.2% 15A; 34; NT: 1.1% • 23A: 0.6%
Hoskins et al. 201434 Australia (2011–13) NPC among sick Aboriginal children <5 y old (197) 27 (13.7)–[19F] 2 (1.1)–[1] 23 (11.7)–[19A] 11A: 7.5% • 15B: 5.9% • 9N; 10A: 16F: 8.6% • 6C: 7.5% • 21: 5.4%
2.2% 17F; 22F; 33F: 1.1% • 8: 0.5% 15C: 4.8% • 23B: 4.3% • 35B: 3.9%
  7B: 3.2% • 23A; 29: 2.7% • 38: 1.8%
  15A: 1.6% • 18A; 34; 35F: 1.1% • 7C; 10F; 22A; 31: 0.5%
Ho et al. 201535 Hong Kong (2010–13) NPC among hospitalized children <5 y old (156) 45 (28.8)–[19F] 1 (0.6)–[5] 22 (14.1)–[6A] 15B: 10.3% • 11A; 17F; 22F; 33F: 0.6% 15C: 9.6% • 6C: 7.1% • 15A: 5.1%
              23A: 3.2% • 34; 35B: 2.6% • 11D: 1.3% 28A; 35F: 1.3% • 15F; 13; 18A; 21; 29: 0.6% • Other NS/NT: 6.4%
Kandasamy et al. 201536 Nepal (2012) NPC among healthy children between 6 weeks and 2 y old (304) 63 (20.7)–[14] 1 (0.3)–[5] 29 (9.5)–[6A] 15B: 3.9% • 10A: 2.3% • 17F: 2.0% 11D; 35A: 2.3% • 34; 35B; 35F: 2.0%
8; 9N; 20; 22F: 1.0% 6C; 13; 35C; 23A; 33B: 1.6%
11A; 12F; 33F: 0.3%  
  7C; 16F; 39: 1.3% • 7B; 15A; 15C; 21; 45 1.0% • 25 serotypes: <1%
  Other NS/NT: 19.4%
Khoshdel et al. 201437 Iran (2010–11) NPC among healthy children <5 y old (107) 38 (35.5)–[23F]
Farida et al. 201438 Indonesia (2010) NPC among healthy children between 6 and 60 months of age (111) 40 (36.0)–[6A/B]c 0 (0)–[NA] 0 (0)–[NA] 11A; 15B/C: 9.9% 23A: 4.5% • 15A: 1.8%
  Others/NT: 37.8%
Hanieh et al. 201439 Nepal (2009) NPC among healthy children between 1.5 and 24 months of age (1100) 187 (17.0)–[6A/B]c 7 (0.6)–[1, 5] 17 (1.5)–[19A] 15B/C: 3.6% • 9N/L: 1.3% • 33F: 1.0% 17F: 20: 0.8% • 22F: 0.7% 34: 2.4% • 11: 2.3% • 35B: 1.4% • 23A: 1.1% • 15A/F: 1.0% • 17 serotypes: <1% Other NS/NT: 8.8%
8; 10A: 0.5% • 2: 0.2%  
non-IPD in Europe
Luminos et al. 201440 Romania (2011–13) NPC among healthy children ≤ 5 y old (453) 199 (43.9)–[19F] 2 (0.4)–[NS] 89 (19.6)–[6A] 163 (36.0)–[NS]e
Mayanskiy et al. 201441 Russia (2009–13) Noninvasive SP isolates from children at hospital, median age 3.5 y (835) 486 (58.2)–[19F] 13 (1.6)–[7F] 152 (18.2)–[3] 15B: 3.5% • 11A: 3.1% • 9N: 1.4% 23A: 2.0% • 15C: 1.6% • 37: 1.3%
10A: 1.1% • 17F: 0.7% • 8: 0.5% 35F: 0.8% • 34: 0.7% • 16F; 35C: 0.6%
22F; 33F: 0.4% • 12F: 0.2% • 20: 0.1% 15A; 23B: 0.4% • 5 serotypes: 0.2%
  9 serotypes: 0.1%
Dunais et al. 201542 France (2012) NPC among healthy children between 3 and 40 months of age (168) 0 (0)–[NA] 0 (0)–[NA] 11 (6.5)–[19A] 15B/C: 22.6% • 11A: 7.1% • 17F: 6.5% 23A/B: 11.3% • 35B: 10.7% • 15A: 9.5%
  6C: 5.4% • Other NS/NT: 20.2%
Mameli et al. 201543 Italy (2011) NPC among healthy children aged between 3 months 5 y (124) 2 (1.6)–[14] 0 (0)–[NA] 6 (4.8)–[3, 6A, 19A] 11A: 11.3% • 10A: 8.1% • 22F: 3.2% 15A: 23.4% • 6C; 35F: 7.3% • 23A: 5.6%
12F: 1.6% • 8; 17F: 0.8% 21; 24F; 29: 3.2% • 16A; 23B; 28F: 2.4%
  33: 1.6% • 5 serotypes: <1%
  Other NS/NT: 1.6%
van der Linden et al. 201544 Germany (2010–11) NPC among children with AOM aged between 2 months and 5 y (107) 11 (10.3)–[19F] 2 (1.9)–[7F] 53 (49.5)–[3] 22F: 4.7% 23B; 35B 3.6% • 6C: 1.8%
  Other NS/NT: 24.3%
Grivea et al. 201445 Greece (2010–11) NPC among healthy children aged between 2 and 5 y (341) 6 (1.8)–[19F] 10 (2.9)–[7F] 64 (18.8)–[19A] 15B/C: 10.6% • 11A: 7.6% • 10A: 4.4% 23B: 12.6% • 21; 16F: 7.6% • 15A: 7.0%
22F: 2.6% • 33F: 0.9% • 20: 0.3% 6C: 6.7% • 23A: 2.3% • 24F; 31: 1.2%
  7C; 33A; 35F: 0.9% • 4 serotypes: 0.3%
Pasinato et al. 201446 Italy (2010–11) NPC among children aged between 6 and 59 months (1728) 436 (25.2)–[19F] 272 (15.7)–[5] 157 (9.1)–[19A] 33F: 1.0% • 22F: 0.8% • 20: 0.2% 23B: 1.9% • 21: 1.2% • 23A: 1.0%
8: 0.1% 16F; 35B; 29: <1%
  Other NS/NT: 5.6%
Gladstone et al. 201547 UK (2010–11) NPC among ≤ 4 y old (99) 1 (1.0)–[6B] 2 (2.0)–[1, 7F] 8 (8.1)–[19A] 33F: 8.1% • 11A; 15B: 7.1% 21: 12.1% • 6C: 9.1% • 35F: 9.1%
  23B: 8.1% • 15A: 6.1% • 16F: 4.0%
  23A: 4.0% • 35B: 3.0%
Del Amo et al. 201417 Spain (2007–11) SP carriage among healthy children ≤ 6 y old (209) 30 (14.4)–[19F] 2 (1.0)–[1] 39 (18.7)–[19A] 10A: 4.8% • 11A; 15B: 4.3% • 22F: 6C: 9.1% • 23B: 8.1% • 23A: 4.3%
3.8% 17F: 2.4% • 33F: 1.0% • 9N; 34; 15A: 2.9% • 16F; 21; 35B: 2.4%
12F: 0.5% 15C; 31: 1.9% • 29: 1.4% • 35F: 1.0%
  7 serotypes: 0.5%
Alfayate-Miguélez et al. 201448 Spain (2009–10) NPC among children aged between 1 and 4 y (343) 46 (13.4)–[14, 23F] 0 (0)–[NA] 81 (23.6)–[6A] 11A: 6.1% • 15B: 4.7% • 22F: 2.3% 15A; 23B: 7.3% • NT: 5.0% • 6C: 4.7%
33F: 2.0% • 17F: 1.2% 23A; 35B: 4.1% • 15C: 2.6% • 35F: 1.7%
9N: 0.6% • 8; 12F: 0.3% 24F: 1.2% • 9 serotypes: <1%
  Other NS: 2.3%
del Amo et al. 201420 Spain (2007–9) NPC among healthy children ≤ 5 y old (224) 56 (25.0)–[6A/B]b 19 (8.5)–[5] 35 (15.6)–[19A] 15B/C: 4.0% • 10A; 22F: 2.2% • 20: 1.8% 23A: 4.5% • 6C: 4.0% • 23B: 3.6%
11A/D; 17F: 1.3% • 33F: 0.9% • 2: 0.4% 35B: 2.2% • 15A/F; 21: 1.8%
  13; 34: 1.3% • 16F; 31: 0.9%
  Other NS: 14.2%
non-IPD in Latin America
Grijalva et al. 201449 Peru (2009–11) NPC among Andean children <3 y old with ARI (681) 147 (21.6)–[19F] 5 (0.7)–[1, 7F] 40 (5.9)–[19A] 11A: 4.7% • 10A: 4.0% • 15B: 1.6% 6C: 4.3% • 23B: 3.1% • 13: 2.6%
22F: 1.0% • 17F; 20: 33F: 0.7% 11A/D: 2.5% • 15A: 2.1% • 15C: 1.9%
8: 0.3% • 9N; 12F: 0.1% 35B: 1.8% • 15A/F: 1.5% • 7C; 35F: 1.3%
  34: 1.2% • 21; 23A: 1.0% • 17 serotypes: <1% • Other NS/NT: 25.2%
non-IPD in North America
Martin et al. 201450 US (2012–13) NPC among children with AOM aged between 6 and 23 months (113) 2 (1.8)–[19F, 23F] 0 (0)–[NA] 14 (12.4)–[19A] 15B: 10.6% • 11A: 8.0% • 10A: 2.7% 35B: 8.8% • 15C: 7.1% • 15A: 4.4%
17F: 2.7% • 2 serotypes: <1% 40: 3.5% • 16F; 22; 33; 35F: 2.7%
  19B; 25A; 34; 37; 44: 0.9%
  Other NS: 21.3%
Ricketson et al. 201451 Canada (2011–12) NPC among healthy children < 5 y of age (183) 5 (2.7)–[19F] 0 (0)–[NA] 13 (7.1)–[19A] 11A: 13.1% • 22F: 9.3% • 15B: 7.7% 35F: 11.5% • 23B: 7.7% • 15C; 23A: 6.0%
33F: 2.2% • 9N; 10A: 1.6% • 8: 0.5% 15A; 35B: 5.5% • 6C: 4.9% • 21: 2.7%
  7C: 1.1% • 6 serotypes: 0.5%
Gounder et al. 201452 US (2011–12) NPC among Alaskan children < 5 y of age (938) 10 (1.1)–[19F] 1 (0.1)–[7F] 83 (8.9)–[19A] 11A: 8.2% • 15B: 6.6% • 33F: 5.7% 16F: 8.3% • 35B: 8.2% • 6C: 7.7%
22F: 2.9% • 10A: 2.7% 23B: 6.7% • 21: 5.3% • 15A: 4.3%
9N; 17F: 1.5% • 8: 1.2% 35F: 3.4% • 23A: 2.7% • 31: 2.0%
  7C: 1.8% • 34: 1.3% • 37: 1.1%
  NT: 6.4%
Loughlin et al. 201453 US (2010–11) NPC among children < 5 y of age (1080) 64 (6.1)–[NS] 89 (8.5)–[NS]c 927 (88.3)–[NS]d
Keck et al. 201454 US (2008–09) NPC among Alaskan children < 5 y of age (798) 13 (1.6)–[19F] 43 (5.4)–[7F] 178 (22.3)–[19A] 22F: 7.4% • 15B: 5.1% • 11A: 3.6% 6C: 8.1% • 23B: 7.9% • 15A: 5.9%
10A: 2.7% • 33F: 2.8% • 9N: 1.0% 16F: 4.8% • 23A: 3.6% • 35F: 3.5%
17F: 0.8% • 8; 12F: 0.1% 35B: 1.9% • 15C: 1.6% • 22A: 1.1%
  3 serotypes: <1% • Other NS: 5.9%

AOM: acute otitis media; ARI: acute respiratory infection; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; IPD: invasive pneumococcal disease; OM: otitis media; NA: not applicable; NPC: nasopharyngeal carriage; NS: not specified; NT: non-typeable; NV: non-vaccine; SP: S. pneumoniae.

a

PCV7 serotypes: 4, 6B, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, 23F;

b

PPV23-specific serotypes: 2, 8, 9N, 10A, 11A, 12F, 15B, 17F, 20, 22F, 33F;

c

PCV13 serotypes not found in PCV7;

d

non-PCV13 serotypes;

e

non-PCV7 serotypes;

f

includes serotype 6A;

g

PCV10 serotypes;

h

non-PCV10 serotypes