Quantifying the mechanisms of vaccine-induced serotype replacement in Streptococcus pneumoniae using genome-informed modelling
Zein Assad, Kévin La, Corinne Lévy, Robert Cohen, Assiya El Mniai, Inès Fafi, Zaba Valtuille, Stéphane Béchet, François Corrard, A. Werner, Christophe Rodriguez, Mélissa N’Debi, Stephanie W. Lo, Lindsay Osei, Manon Jaboyedoff, , Naïm Ouldali
The paper quantifies how serotype replacement in Streptococcus pneumoniae is driven by shifts in serotypes within persistent lineages rather than lineage replacement, using genome-informed modeling and longitudinal data.
bioRxiv · Jul 1, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology