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Nasopharyngeal competition dynamics are likely to be altered following vaccine introduction: bacteriocin prevalence and diversity among Icelandic and Kenyan pneumococci

Bacteriocins are antimicrobial peptides produced by bacteria to inhibit other bacteria in the surrounding environment. Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of disease worldwide and colonises the healthy human nasopharynx, where it competes for space and nutrients. Pneumococcal conjugate vacci...

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Autores principales: Butler, Madeleine E. B., Jansen van Rensburg, Melissa J., Karani, Angela, Mvera, Benedict, Akech, Donald, Akter, Asma, Forrest, Calum, van Tonder, Andries J., Quirk, Sigríður J., Haraldsson, Gunnsteinn, Bentley, Stephen D., Erlendsdóttir, Helga, Haraldsson, Ásgeir, Kristinsson, Karl G., Scott, J. Anthony G., Brueggemann, Angela B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10438807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37436819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001060