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Invasive Pneumococcal Disease annual report - 2016

Please note: As of 1 July 2025, the New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science) is the new name for the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR). Research and reports published prior to this date may reference the organisation’s former name.

Summary

In this report, data for 2009 to 2016 is based on IPD case notifications from a secure webbased portal onto a computerised database (EpiSurv), supplemented with serotype and antimicrobial susceptibility data from ESR’s national laboratory-based surveillance of invasive S. pneumoniae isolates.

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