TY - JOUR AU - Bertran, Marta AU - Amin-Chowdhury, Zahin AU - Sheppard, Carmen AU - Eletu, Seyi AU - Zamarreño, Dania AU - Ramsay, Mary AU - Litt, David AU - Fry, Norman AU - Ladhani, Shamez T1 - Increased Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children after COVID-19 Pandemic, England T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 8 SP - 1669 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During July–December 2021, after COVID-19 restrictions were removed in England, invasive pneumococcal disease incidence in children <15 years of age was higher (1.96/100,000 children) than during the same period in 2020 (0.7/100,000 children) and in prepandemic years 2017–2019 (1.43/100,000 children). Childhood vaccine coverage should be maintained to protect the population. KW - invasive pneumococcal disease KW - bacteria KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - coronavirus disease KW - pneumococcal diseases KW - vaccine-preventable diseases KW - epidemiologic surveillance KW - pneumococcal vaccines KW - incidence KW - COVID-19 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - England KW - United Kingdom DO - 10.3201/eid2808.220304 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/8/22-0304_article ER - End of Reference