Metka Paragi

TL;DR: In this paper, a whole-genome sequenced 3233 invasive pneumococcal disease isolates from laboratory-based surveillance programs in Hong Kong (n=78), Israel, South Africa, Malawi, Nigeria, The Gambia, and USA were collected from children younger than 3 years.

TL;DR: These data argue for the use of penA sequencing to identify isolates with reduced susceptibility to penicillin G and as a tool to improve typing of meningococcal isolates, as well as to analyze DNA exchange among Neisseria species.

TL;DR: In this article, the level of implementation of WGS-based typing for national public health surveillance and investigation of prioritised diseases in the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA), two surveys were conducted in 2015 and 2016.

TL;DR: Additional data from 30 European countries are reported indicating that high or increased serogroup Y disease levels have continued in 2013 in certain regions of Europe, and the age distribution of serogroups Y was bimodal and did not change significantly despite the increase of the total number and the proportion of serogsroup Y IMD in some European regions.

TL;DR: In this article , a whole-genome sequencing was performed on a collection of serotype 24F pneumococci from asymptomatic colonisation and invasive disease isolates among individuals younger than 18 years in France, from 2003 to 2018.