Pneumococcal disease infections caused by strains not in Prevenar 7 vaccine
Updated 24 September 2014
Cumulative weekly number of reports of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) due to any of the serotypes not in Prevenar7™: children aged 2 years or under in England and Wales by epidemiological year, from July to June (from 2005 to now)
Cumulative weekly number of reports of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) due to any of the serotypes not in Prevenar7™: children aged 2 to 4 in England and Wales by epidemiological year, from July to June (from 2005 to now)
Cumulative weekly number of reports of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) due to any of the serotypes not in Prevenar7™: those aged 5 years or over in England and Wales by epidemiological year: from July to June (from 2005 to now)
Source: Immunisation Department, Public Health England
The above graph is based on week of isolation, therefore numbers for most recent weeks may not be complete. Numbers of reports of serotyped cases shown in the graph are not adjusted to account for any change that may have occurred over time and between agegroups in the proportion of all IPD cases that are serotyped.
The 7-valent conjugate vaccine was introduced into the childhood immunisation schedule on the 4 September 2006, which corresponds with week 36 above.
The 13-valent conjugate vaccine was introduced into the childhood immunisation schedule on the 1 April 2010, which corresponds with week 13 above.