TY - JOUR
T1 - Surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease in 30 EU countries
T2 - Towards a European system?
AU - Hanquet, Germaine
AU - Perrocheau, Anne
AU - Kissling, Esther
AU - Bruhl, Daniel Levy
AU - Tarragó, David
AU - Stuart, James
AU - Stefanoff, Pawel
AU - Heuberger, Sigrid
AU - Kriz, Paula
AU - Vergison, Anne
AU - de Greeff, Sabine C
AU - Amato-Gauci, Andrew
AU - Celentano, Lucia Pastore
AU - ECDC Country Experts for Pneumococcal Disease
A2 - Harboe, Zitta Barrella
N1 - Copyright 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/5/21
Y1 - 2010/5/21
N2 - In this era of new pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), we described and compared surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and PCV policies in 30 European countries to provide guidance for Europe-wide surveillance. We confirmed the heterogeneity of surveillance systems and case definitions across countries but identified elements common to all countries, such as the availability of serotyping and the surveillance of pneumococcal meningitis. PCV impact was monitored in 11/15 countries using it. We propose steps for the monitoring of incidence rates and serotype distribution at EU level, to assess the need to introduce PCV and monitor its impact once introduced.
AB - In this era of new pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), we described and compared surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and PCV policies in 30 European countries to provide guidance for Europe-wide surveillance. We confirmed the heterogeneity of surveillance systems and case definitions across countries but identified elements common to all countries, such as the availability of serotyping and the surveillance of pneumococcal meningitis. PCV impact was monitored in 11/15 countries using it. We propose steps for the monitoring of incidence rates and serotype distribution at EU level, to assess the need to introduce PCV and monitor its impact once introduced.
KW - Disease Notification
KW - Europe/epidemiology
KW - Humans
KW - Immunization Programs
KW - Incidence
KW - Meningitis, Pneumococcal/epidemiology
KW - Pneumococcal Infections/epidemiology
KW - Pneumococcal Vaccines/administration & dosage
KW - Population Surveillance/methods
KW - Serotyping
KW - Vaccines, Conjugate/administration & dosage
U2 - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.03.069
DO - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.03.069
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 20394721
SN - 0264-410X
VL - 28
SP - 3920
EP - 3928
JO - Vaccine
JF - Vaccine
IS - 23
ER -