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Volume 28, Number 8—August 2022
Research

Characterization of Emerging Serotype 19A Pneumococcal Strains in Invasive Disease and Carriage, Belgium

Stefanie DesmetComments to Author , Heidi Theeten, Lies Laenen, Lize Cuypers, Piet Maes, Wouter Bossuyt, Liesbet Van Heirstraeten, Willy E. Peetermans, and Katrien Lagrou
Author affiliations: University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (S. Desmet, L. Laenen, L. Cuypers, W. Bossuyt, W.E. Peetermans, K. Lagrou); Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven (S. Desmet, P. Maes, W. Bossuyt, W.E. Peetermans, K. Lagrou); University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (H. Theeten, L. Van Heirstraeten); Katholieke Universiteit Leuven‒University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven (W. Bossuyt)

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Table 3

GPSC and ST assignment for serotype 19A invasive pneumococci isolated during PCV7 period (2010), PCV13 period (2012–2014), and PCV10 period (2017–2018), from children <2 years of age, Belgium*

GPSC Sequence type No. isolated
PCV7 period, 2010 PCV13 period, 2012–2014 PCV10 period, 2017–2018 Total
GPSC4 Total 7 4 28 39
ST199 2 0 0 2
ST416 2 4 26 32
ST876 1 0 0 1
ST3012 2 0 0 2
ST3017 0 0 1 1

ST15414
0
0
1
1
GPSC11 Total 31 5 1 37
ST193 26 5 1 32
ST1228 1 0 0 1
ST2927 2 0 0 2
ST16995 1 0 0 1

ST16996
1
0
0
1
GPSC10 Total 20 6 3 29
ST276 14 6 0 20
ST2013 4 0 1 5
ST15077 0 0 2 2

ST16994
2
0
0
2
GPSC146
ST994
6
3
15
24
GPSC1 Total 1 1 3 5
ST320 1 1 2 4

ST9387
0
0
1
1
GPSC9
ST63
1
1
1
3
GPSC18 Total 0 2 0 3
ST4831 0 1 0 1
ST99 0 0 0 1

ST1848
0
1
0
1
GPSC109
ST13096
0
0
2
2
Unknown
Total
1
1
1
1
Total Total 67 23 54 143

*GPSC, global pneumococcal sequence cluster; PCV, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; ST, sequence type.

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