Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data

Summary: Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis, which are typically transmitted via respiratory droplets, are leading causes of invasive diseases, including bacteraemic pneumonia and meningitis, and of secondary infections subsequent to post-viral...

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Main Authors: Angela B Brueggemann, ProfDPhil, Melissa J Jansen van Rensburg, ProfDPhil, David Shaw, MD, Noel D McCarthy, ProfDPhil, Keith A Jolley, PhD, Martin C J Maiden, ProfPhD, Mark P G van der Linden, PhD, Zahin Amin-Chowdhury, BSc, Désirée E Bennett, PhD, Ray Borrow, PhD, Maria-Cristina C Brandileone, PhD, Karen Broughton, MSc, Ruth Campbell, Bin Cao, ProfMD, Carlo Casanova, PhD, Eun Hwa Choi, ProfMD, Yiu Wai Chu, PhD, Stephen A Clark, PhD, Heike Claus, PhD, Juliana Coelho, PhD, Mary Corcoran, PhD, Simon Cottrell, PhD, Robert J Cunney, MD, Tine Dalby, PhD, Heather Davies, NZCS, Linda de Gouveia, NatDipMicro, Ala-Eddine Deghmane, PhD, Walter Demczuk, BSc, Stefanie Desmet, PharmD, Richard J Drew, MD, Mignon du Plessis, PhD, Helga Erlendsdottir, ProfMSc, Norman K Fry, PhD, Kurt Fuursted, MD, Steve J Gray, PhD, Birgitta Henriques-Normark, ProfMD, Thomas Hale, PhD, Markus Hilty, PhD, Steen Hoffmann, MD, Hilary Humphreys, ProfMD, Margaret Ip, MD, Susanne Jacobsson, PhD, Jillian Johnston, MBBS, Jana Kozakova, MD, Karl G Kristinsson, ProfMD, Pavla Krizova, MD, Alicja Kuch, PhD, Shamez N Ladhani, MD, Thiên-Trí Lâm, MD, Vera Lebedova, MD, Laura Lindholm, MSc, David J Litt, PhD, Irene Martin, BSc, Delphine Martiny, ProfPhD, Wesley Mattheus, PhD, Martha McElligott, PhD, Mary Meehan, PhD, Susan Meiring, MBChB, Paula Mölling, PhD, Eva Morfeldt, PhD, Julie Morgan, HND, Robert M Mulhall, PhD, Carmen Muñoz-Almagro, ProfMD, David R Murdoch, ProfMD, Joy Murphy, BA Hons, Martin Musilek, PhD, Alexandre Mzabi, MD, Amaresh Perez-Argüello, MLT, Monique Perrin, MD, Malorie Perry, MSc, Alba Redin, BSc, Richard Roberts, MPH, Maria Roberts, BSc, Assaf Rokney, PhD, Merav Ron, PhD, Kevin J Scott, PhD, Carmen L Sheppard, PhD, Lotta Siira, PhD, Anna Skoczyńska, ProfPhD, Monica Sloan, Hans-Christian Slotved, PhD, Andrew J Smith, ProfPhD, Joon Young Song, MD, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, MD, Maija Toropainen, PhD, Dominic Tsang, MD, Anni Vainio, PhD, Nina M van Sorge, PhD, Emmanuelle Varon, MD, Jiri Vlach, PhD, Ulrich Vogel, ProfMD, Sandra Vohrnova, MD, Anne von Gottberg, PhD, Rosemeire C Zanella, PhD, Fei Zhou, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:The Lancet: Digital Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589750021000777