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Invasive pneumococcal disease

Disease data from ECDC Surveillance Atlas

Get the latest surveillance data on invasive pneumococcal disease from EU and EEA countries through the Surveillance Atlas of Infectious Diseases.

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Disease facts

Pneumococcal diseases are symptomatic infections caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Latest outputs

Publication

External quality assessment (EQA) of performance of laboratories participating in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net), 2019

External quality assessment -

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Automated digital reporting of clinical laboratory information to national public health surveillance systems, results of a EU/EEA survey, 2018

Oct 2020

Publication

Invasive pneumococcal disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018

Surveillance report -

Peer-Reviewed Publication

A cluster of Legionnaires' disease in Belgium linked to a cooling tower, August-September 2016: Practical approach and challenges

Dec 2019

Publication

Invasive pneumococcal disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2017

Surveillance report -

Facts

Despite good access to effective antibiotics, Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococci) is still a major cause of disease and death in both developing and developed countries.

Scientific advice

Policy briefings, guidance, expert opinions, risk assessments and peer-reviewed publications

Surveillance and disease data

Microbiology

ECDC promotes the performance of external quality assessment (EQA) schemes, in which laboratories are sent simulated clinical specimens or bacterial isolates for testing by routine or reference laboratory methods.

Prevention and control

Childhood immunisation against S. pneumoniae is the most effective public health measure for preventing IPD both among vaccine recipients (direct effect), and among unimmunised populations (indirect ‘herd’ effect).

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