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Invasive Pneumococcal Disease annual report - 2021

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

This report provides an update on IPD for the 12 months commencing in January 2021. Data presented in this report are based on IPD case notifications supplemented with serotype and antimicrobial susceptibility data from ESR’s national laboratory-based surveillance of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates.

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