Conjugate vaccine serotypes persist as major causes of non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal despite declines in serotypes 3 and 19A (2012-2015)

• Andreia N. Horácio,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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• Catarina Silva-Costa,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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• Elísia Lopes,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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• Mário Ramirez ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ramirez@fm.ul.pt

  Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4084-6233

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• José Melo-Cristino,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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• on behalf of the Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections

  ¶The complete membership of the Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections can be found in the Acknowledgments.

  Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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