There are other risk factors: inadequate hygiene, asthma, regular hospitalization, using ventilators,
progressive diseases as COPD, cochlear implant, …that can increase the risk of pneumococcal infections.
*References:
(1) From WHO. Available at: https://www.who.int/teams/health-product-policy-and-standards/standards-and-specifications/vaccines-quality/pneumococcal-conjugate-vaccines#:~:text=In%202005%2C%20WHO%20estimated%20that,whom%20live%20in%20developing%20countries
Accessed on May 22, 2022.
(2) de Steenhuijsen Piters WA, Sanders EA, Bogaert D. The role of the local microbial ecosystem in respiratory health and disease.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2015 Aug 19;370(1675):20140294.
(3) From NHS. Available at: https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning /pneumococcal-infections#:~:text=Pneumococcal%20infections%20usually%20fall%20into,tend%20to%20be%20more%20serious
Accessed on May 22, 2022.
(4) From WHO. Available at:https://www.who.int/teams/health-product-policy-and-standards/standards-and-specifications/vaccine-standardization/pneumococcal-disease
Accessed on May 22, 2022.
(5) From NFID. Available at: https://www.nfid.org/2022/06/03/protecting-adults-against-pneumococcal-disease/
Accessed on June 21, 2022.
(6) From CDC. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/pneumococcal/about/risk-transmission.html
Accessed on May 22, 2022.
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Open Forum Infect Dis. 2014 May 27;1(1):ofu024.
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