Impact of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal carriage among American Indians

…, C Donaldson, RC Weatherholtz… - The Pediatric …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background: Community-wide impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) is
conferred by reductions in vaccine-type nasopharyngeal carriage. We evaluated the impact of …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative immunogenicity of 7 and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines and the development of functional antibodies to cross-reactive serotypes

…, M Zancolli, L Cowell, M Johnson, RC Weatherholtz… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Protection against disease or colonization from serotypes related to those in
pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (ie cross-protection) vary by serotype; the basis for this …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of a pneumococcal protein-based vaccine co-administered with 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against acute …

LL Hammitt, JC Campbell, D Borys, RC Weatherholtz… - Vaccine, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Native American populations experience a substantial burden of pneumococcal
disease despite use of highly effective pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs). Protein-…

Relating pneumococcal carriage among children to disease rates among adults before and after the introduction of conjugate vaccines

…, LR Grant, RC Weatherholtz… - American journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in children has a strong indirect effect
on disease rates in adults. When children are vaccinated with PCVs, other serotypes that …

[HTML][HTML] Frequency-dependent selection can forecast evolution in Streptococcus pneumoniae

…, R Reid, M Santosham, RC Weatherholtz… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Predicting how pathogen populations will change over time is challenging. Such has been
the case with Streptococcus pneumoniae, an important human pathogen, and the …

Respiratory syncytial virus infection in Navajo and White Mountain Apache children

…, J Oski, J Croll, R Reid, RC Weatherholtz… - …, 2002 - publications.aap.org
Objective. The hospitalization rate for bronchiolitis of any cause among US children younger
than 1 year is estimated at 31.2 per 1000. No data exist on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-…

[HTML][HTML] Nasopharyngeal Carriage and Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae in American Indian Households after a Decade of Pneumococcal Conjugate …

JF Mosser, LR Grant, EV Millar, RC Weatherholtz… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Young children played a major role in pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage,
acquisition, and transmission in the era before pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) use…

Estimation of the indirect effect of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in an American Indian population

…, J Croll, R Reid, RC Weatherholtz… - International journal …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Background Oropharyngeal carriage studies of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and
the rapid drop in Hib invasive disease in countries with widespread Hib conjugate vaccine …

Carriage prevalence and genomic epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus among Native American children and adults in the Southwestern USA

…, E Denny, LR Grant, RC Weatherholtz… - Microbial …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Native American individuals in the Southwestern USA experience a higher burden of invasive
Staphylococcus aureus disease than the general population. However, little is known …

[HTML][HTML] Norovirus and sapovirus epidemiology and strain characteristics among Navajo and Apache infants

LR Grant, KL O'Brien, RC Weatherholtz, R Reid… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Norovirus and sapovirus are important causes of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) among American
Indian infants. We investigated the prevalence and molecular epidemiology of norovirus …