Association tests pointed to single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs201967957 (gene <i>MEIS1</i>; chromosome 2; <i>p</i>-value<sub>IBS</sub> = 3.71 × 10<sup>-13</sup>) and rs576099063 (gene <i>TSPAN15</i>; chromosome 10; <i>p</i>-value<sub>IBS</sub> = 2.36 × 10<sup>-8</sup>) as the best candidate variants associated to pneumococcal pneumonia.