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UPDATE ON PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE SEROTYPES TOWARDS THE INTRODUCTION OF VACCINATION IN NIGERIA PROFESSOR GC ONYEMELUKWE MON Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria EXPERT PANEL MEETING ABUJA JUNE 16. Policy Under these standing orders eligible nurses and other healthcare professionals eg pharmacists where allowed by state law may vaccinate children who meet any of the criteria below Procedure 1 Identify infants and children in need of vaccinatio Hard to say it; easy to get vaccinated Pneumococcal disease is caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae , which is transmitted through respiratory droplets. Its most serious clinical manifestations are pne “. T. he Captain of Death” -- Osler. History. 1881. Louis . P. asteur discovers the . pneumococcus. bacterium. 1886. Gold mining begins in South Africa. 1895. . Pneumococcus. identified as the cause of epidemic pneumonia that kills 35% of miners who are infected. Public . health doctor . specializing . in respiratory . disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Pandemic H1N1. Emerging Infectious Diseases. National Center for Emerging and . bacterial pneumonia. . Lessons learned—and yet to be learned. William Hausdorff, PhD. Vaccine Development Leader, Pneumococcal Vaccines. GlaxoSmithKline . Biologicals, . Wavre. , Belgium. Pneumonia is the major manifestation of . Dr. George Nelson Public health doctor specializing in respiratory disease Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Pandemic H1N1 Emerging Infectious Diseases National Center for Emerging and ��2 &#x/MCI; 0 ;&#x/MCI; 0 ; &#x/MCI; 1 ;&#x/MCI; 1 ; &#x/MCI; 2 ;&#x/MCI; 2 ;Figure S. pneumoniaecolonies with a surrounding greenzone of alphaemolysis (black a Why should I be concerned about influenza and pneumococcal disease? Pneumonia and influenza together are among the top 10 leading causes of death among Georgians over age 65. It is estimated that An Advisory Committee Statement ACSNational Advisory Committee on Immunization NACIUpdate on the use of 13valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine PNEU13 in addition to 23valent pneumococcal polysacchari Licensed pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Effectiveness of PCV 13. Reduction in Nasopharyngeal carriage. Major clinical syndromes are pneumonia, meningitis and bacteremia. 1. Organism has an outer polysaccharide layer. Pneumococcal infection is a very serious illness that is caused by a germ (or bacteria) and is most common in the very young and very old as well as among people living with chronic medical conditi (Vaxigrip and Pneumo23). Dennis S. Quiambao, MD. Medical and Government Affairs Manager. |. . 2. Influenza. |. . 3. Influenza. "An unvarying disease caused by a varying virus". Kilbourne, 1980. Houseman C, Hughes GJ, Chapman KE, Wilson D, Gorton R. Increased Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, North East England, UK. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017;23(1):122-126. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.160897. PROFESSOR G.C. ONYEMELUKWE (MON). Ahmadu. Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria. Pfizer Advisory Board Meeting (2017). WORLD WIDE DISTRIBUTION OF PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE.. Brien K O et al. Lancet 2009; 347:893-902.