Abstract submission deadline extended to January 20, 2020! One day left to submit your abstract to attend #ISPPD2020 in Toronto, Canada.

Meta-analysis suggests IPD higher in all children with asthma, regardless of asthma severity and despite PCV. Should all kids with asthma receive polysaccharide vaccine (not just if prolonged high dose steroids as per current US guidelines)? pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/145/1/…

Congratulations to Professor Peter McIntyre, former NCIRS Director who was named an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2020 Australia Day honours for his service to public health and medicine in Australia and overseas. ncirs.org.au/professor-pete…

We’re excited to have you! #ISPPD2020

Toronto was named by Nat Geo Travel Magazine as one of the places to travel in 2019: nationalgeographic.com/travel/feature… Combine world-class #pneumococcal research with world-renowned tourism by attending #ISPPD2020

Delighted that the ISPPD-11 meeting report put together by many of the global leaders in the pneumococcal field is finally out. Setting the stage for @ISPPD2020 ISPPD 12, Catherine Satzke MPRU link.springer.com/article/10.118… via @ BioMedCentral

Cross-sectional pneumococcal carriage survey following the introduction of a PCV-10 vaccination schedule (3+0) in Kenya. This study showed a significant decrease in PCV-10 serotypes in children <5 years, as well as HIV+ and HIV- adults. academic.oup.com/cid/article/70…

Late breaking abstract submission is now open for #ISPPD2020! Abstracts are due April 20, 2020. Submissions can be made here: isppd2020.kenes.com/abstracts/

Have you submitted an abstract for #ISPPD2020? Regular abstract submission notifications are expected in March 2020. Hope to see you in Toronto!

Missed out on submitting for the Robert Austrian Research Awards? The deadline has been extended to February 28, 2020! More details here: isppd2020.kenes.com/robert-austria… #ISPPD2020

Early Registration deadline has been extended to March 31, 2020 — giving you more time to save up to $250. Register at: isppd2020.kenes.com/registration/ #ISPPD2020

The ISPPD Symposium organizers are closely monitoring the #COVID19 situation. Please see here for the most up-to-date details regarding #ISPPD2020: isppd2020.kenes.com/general-inform…

#ISPPD2020 has been postponed to June 20-24, 2021 given the evolving COVID-19 situation. See isppd.kenes.com/covid-19-updat… for further details. The ISPPD community is a very international one and your health and safety is our main priority in planning this event.

Today was supposed to be the first day of #ISPPD12. We still look forward to hosting world class experts and researchers in pneumococcus in Toronto in 2021!

#ISPPD12 would like to recognize the abstracts and e-posters that were submitted for the postponed June 2020 conference, and we have made them available online for free! Please see our Digital Library for the latest in pneumococcal research: isppd.kenes.com/digital-librar…