Fatima Ceesay,
Author Of 3 Presentations
BIOMASS SMOKE EXPOSURE AND INFLAMMATION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PNEUMOCOCCAL CARRIAGE AMONG PCV13 VACCINATED INFANTS (ID 983)
Abstract
Background
Despite widespread use of PCV13, pneumococcal carriage remains high among Gambian infants. We investigated the role of biomass smoke exposure and inflammation in modulating pneumococcal carriage in The Gambia.
Methods
Rural Gambian children (n=120) were followed up at regular intervals from birth to two years of age. All infants received PCV13. Pneumococcal carriage was determined by quantitative PCR and inflammation by measuring plasma alpha-1 glycoprotein (AGP). Smoke exposure was self-reported by the mothers. Adjusted random effects regression models were applied to investigate the relationships between pneumococcal carriage, smoke exposure, and inflammation.
Results
Exposure to biomass smoke was significantly associated with a nearly 3-fold increase in the odds of pneumococcal carriage (OR 2.9, 95% CI: 1.13 - 7.5) and, in independent models, a 1/3-log10 increase in pneumococcal load (Coefficient 0.35, 95% CI: 0.11 - 0.59), compared to non-exposure. Inflammation (AGP) was significantly associated with an increased pneumococcal load (Coefficient 0.22, 95% CI: 0.03 - 0.41) in a model unadjusted for smoke exposure. Mediation analysis suggests that there are age, inflammation and smoke exposure interactions that may modify the effects of smoke exposure on pneumococcal carriage.
Conclusions
Biomass smoke exposure may be an important environmental factor driving pneumococcal carriage and loads among PCV-vaccinated Gambian children.
ACQUISITION AND CLEARANCE OF PNEUMOCOCCAL SEROTYPES IN NATURALLY-COLONISED PCV-EXPOSED GAMBIAN INFANTS (ID 990)
- Chrispin Chaguza, United Kingdom
- Madikay Senghore, United States of America
- Rebecca Gladstone, Norway
- Stephanie Lo, United Kingdom
- Peggy-Estelle Tientcheu,
- Archibald Worwui,
- Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko,
- Fatima Ceesay,
- Catherine Okoi,
- Michael Barer,
- Richard Adegbola,
- Lesley McGee, United States of America
- Keith P. Klugman, United States of America
- Robert F Breiman, United States of America
- Robert S. Heyderman, United Kingdom
- Martin Antonio, Gambia
- Stephen D. Bentley, United Kingdom
- Brenda Kwambana-Adams, United Kingdom
Abstract
Background
Pneumococcal carriage influences population-wide strain dynamics, but limited data exist on serotype-specific temporal carriage patterns among PCV-vaccinated West African infants.
Methods
Pneumococcus was cultured from nasopharyngeal swabs (n=1, 595) collected from 102 PCV7-exposed infants followed up from birth to 12 months. Serotyping was performed by whole genome sequencing and sweep-latex agglutination. Parametric survival models with constant hazard rates were fitted to estimate carriage dynamics (duration, clearance and acquisition).
Results
The infants were naturally colonised with 60 pneumococcal serotypes with a mean of 7 (range:2-11) serotypes per infant. Carriage dynamics estimates for serotypes 5, 7F, 39, 9A, and 12F are provided here for the first time in infants. There was no correlation between time to first acquisition and carriage duration (ρ=0.06, P=0.709). Serotype prevalence showed a weak correlation with initial acquisition (ρ=0.07, P=0.706), carriage duration (ρ=0.219, P=0.194), and reacquisition times (ρ=0.09, P=0.730). Onset of initial acquisition was longer than the time taken to reacquire serotypes (median: 136.23 vs 26.15 days, P=7.63×10-6). Overall, serotype-specific carriage durations after initial acquisition and reacquisition were significantly different (P=0.020), varying by serotype.
Conclusions
Pneumococcal carriage dynamics among Gambian infants are complex and highly variable by serotype which may have important implications for transmission and invasive disease.
SPATIAL DISTANCE IS A KEY DETERMINANT OF PNEUMOCOCCAL STRAIN SHARING AND THE SUSTAINED CARRIAGE OF SHARED STRAINS (ID 957)
- Madikay Senghore, United States of America
- Chrispin Chaguza, United Kingdom
- Ebrima Bojang,
- Peggy-Estelle Tientcheu,
- Rowan Bancroft, Côte d'Ivoire
- Stephanie Lo, United Kingdom
- Rebecca Gladstone, Norway
- Lesley McGee, United States of America
- Archibald Worwui,
- Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko,
- Fatima Ceesay,
- Catherine Okoi,
- Keith P. Klugman, United States of America
- Robert F Breiman, United States of America
- Richard Adegbola,
- Stephen D. Bentley, United Kingdom
- William Hanage, United States of America
- Martin Antonio, Gambia
- Brenda Kwambana-Adams, United Kingdom