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Volume 22, Number 2—February 2016
Research

Epidemiology of Serotype 1 Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, South Africa, 2003–2013

Claire von MollendorfComments to Author , Stefano Tempia, Cheryl Cohen, Susan Meiring, Linda de Gouveia, Vanessa Quan, Sarona Lengana, Alan Karstaedt, Halima Dawood, Sharona Seetharam, Ruth Lekalakala, Shabir A. Madhi, Keith P. Klugman, Anne von Gottberg, and for the Group for Enteric, Respiratory, and Meningeal Disease Surveillance in South Africa (GERMS-SA)
Author affiliations: National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (C. von Mollendorf, C. Cohen, S. Tempia, S. Meiring, L. de Gouveia, V. Quan, S. Lengana, S.A. Madhi, K.P. Klugman, A. von Gottberg); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (C. von Mollendorf, C. Cohen, A. Karstaedt, S. Seetharam, S.A. Madhi, A. von Gottberg); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Tempia), and Pretoria, South Africa (S. Tempia); Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg (A. Karstaedt, S. Seetharam); Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (H. Dawood); University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg (H. Dawood); National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg (S. Seetharam); National Health Laboratory Service, Polokwane, South Africa (R. Lekalakala); University of Limpopo, Polokwane (R. Lekalakala); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K.P. Klugman)

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Figure 1

Selection flowchart for study of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae disease (IPD) cases in South Africa, 2003–2013. Cases were reported by Group for Enteric Respiratory and Meningeal Disease Surveillance sites (GERMS-SA). Years indicate prevaccine (2003–2008), baseline (2005–2007), and postvaccine (2013) periods. Nonenhanced sites only submitted isolates and accompanying laboratory report forms, which included patient age and sex and the date and source of the specimen; enhanced sites (primarily

Figure 1. Selection flowchart for study of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae disease (IPD) cases in South Africa, 2003–2013. Cases were reported by Group for Enteric Respiratory and Meningeal Disease Surveillance sites (GERMS-SA). Years indicate prevaccine (2003–2008), baseline (2005–2007), and postvaccine (2013) periods. Nonenhanced sites only submitted isolates and accompanying laboratory report forms, which included patient age and sex and the date and source of the specimen; enhanced sites (primarily tertiary hospitals) implemented enhanced surveillance, in which dedicated surveillance officers collected additional clinical information on identified patients.

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