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Volume 30, Number 3—March 2024
Research

Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Pneumonia Incidence Rates among Children 2–59 Months of Age, Mongolia, 2015–2021

Claire von MollendorfComments to Author , Munkhchuluun Ulziibayar, Cattram D. Nguyen, Purevsuren Batsaikhan, Bujinlkham Suuri, Dashtseren Luvsantseren, Dorj Narangerel, John de Campo, Margaret de Campo, Bilegtsaikhan Tsolmon, Sodbayar Demberelsuren, Eileen M. Dunne, Catherine Satzke, Tuya Mungun, and E. Kim Mulholland
Author affiliations: Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (C. von Mollendorf, C.D. Nguyen, J. de Campo, M. de Campo, E.M. Dunne, C. Satzke, E.K. Mulholland); The University of Melbourne, Melbourne (C. von Mollendorf, C.D. Nguyen, J. de Campo, M. de Campo, E.M. Dunne, C. Satzke, E.K. Mulholland); National Center for Communicable Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (M. Ulziibayar, P. Batsaikhan, B. Suuri, D. Luvsantseren, B. Tsolmon, T. Mungun); Ministry of Health, Ulaanbaatar (D. Narangerel); Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar (B. Tsolmon); World Health Organization, Ulaanbaatar (S. Demberelsuren); Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne (C. Satzke); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK (E.K. Mulholland)

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Table

Carriage prevalence and prevalence ratios for pneumococcal carriage among 6,545 children with pneumonia before and after PCV13 availability, 4 districts, Mongolia, 2015–2021*

Pneumococcal type Pre-PCV13, no./total Pre-PCV13 prevalence, % (95% CI) Post-PCV13 no./total Post-PCV13 prevalence, % (95% CI) Unadjusted prevalence ratio (95% CI) Adjusted prevalence ratio (95% CI)†
Overall pneumococci
All districts 882/1,837 48.0 (45.7–50.3) 2,174/4,708 46.2 (44.7–47.6) 0.96 (0.91–1.02) 0.98 (0.92–1.04)
Bayanzurkh 263/657 40.0 (36.2–43.9) 363/905 40.1 (36.9–43.4) 1.00 (0.89–1.13) 1.06 (0.93–1.21)
Chingeltei 341/592 57.6 (53.5–61.6) 565/1,194 47.3 (44.4–50.2) 0.82 (0.75–0.90) 0.81 (0.73–0.90)
Songinokhairkhan 184/368 50.0 (44.8–55.2) 953/1,891 50.4 (48.1–52.7) 1.01 (0.90–1.13) 1.00 (0.89–1.12)
Sukhbaatar
94/220
42.7 (36.1–49.5)
293/718
40.8 (37.2–44.5)
0.95 (0.80–1.14)
0.95 (0.79–1.14)
PCV13 serotypes
All districts 548/1,742 31.4 (29.3–33.7) 742/4,304 17.2 (16.1–18.4) 0.55 (0.50–0.60) 0.56 (0.51–0.62)
Bayanzurkh 161/614 26.2 (22.8–29.9) 119/830 14.3 (12.0–16.9) 0.55 (0.44–0.68) 0.59 (0.47–0.75)
Chingeltei 200/566 35.3 (31.4–39.4) 205/1,077 19.0 (16.7–21.5) 0.54 (0.46–0.64) 0.53 (0.44–0.63)
Songinokhairkhan 127/354 35.9 (30.9–41.1) 306/1,737 17.6 (15.8–19.5) 0.49 (0.41–0.58) 0.50 (0.42–0.61)
Sukhbaatar
60/208
28.8 (22.8–35.5)
112/660
17.0 (14.2–20.0)
0.59 (0.45–0.77)
0.59 (0.44–0.78)
Non-PCV13 serotypes
All districts 329/1,742 18.9 (17.1–20.8) 1,170/4,304 27.2 (25.8–28.5) 1.44 (1.29–1.60) 1.49 (1.32–1.67)
Bayanzurkh 76/614 12.4 (9.9–15.2) 193/830 23.2 (20.4–26.3) 1.88 (1.47–2.40) 1.95 (1.49–2.55)
Chingeltei 152/566 26.8 (23.2–30.7) 286/1,077 26.5 (23.9–29.3) 0.99 (0.83–1.17) 0.96 (0.79–1.17)
Songinokhairkhan 69/354 19.5 (15.5–24.0) 550/1,737 31.7 (29.5–33.9) 1.62 (1.30–2.03) 1.57 (1.24–1.99)
Sukhbaatar 32/208 15.4 (10.8–21.0) 141/660 21.4 (18.3–24.7) 1.39 (0.98–1.97) 1.26 (0.88–1.81)

*Overall, PCV13 serotypes and non-PCV13 serotypes. PCV13, 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. †Adjusted by using a common set of confounders: age, informal housing, other children <5 y of age in the home, coal used for fuel, household income, crowding, maternal education, season, and antimicrobial drug receipt 48 h before admission.

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