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Seasonality and outbreak of a predominant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 clone from The Gambia: Expansion of ST217 hypervirulent clonal complex in West Africa
BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 causes > 20% of invasive disease, among all age groups combined, in The Gambia. In contrast, it is rarely detected in carriage studies. This study compares the molecular epidemiology of S. pneumoniae serotype 1 causing invasive disease in The Gambia...
Autores principales: | Antonio, Martin, Hakeem, Ishrat, Awine, Timothy, Secka, Ousman, Sankareh, Kawsu, Nsekpong, David, Lahai, George, Akisanya, Abiodun, Egere, Uzochukwu, Enwere, Godwin, Zaman, Syed MA, Hill, Philip C, Corrah, Tumani, Cutts, Felicity, Greenwood, Brian M, Adegbola, Richard A |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2587476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19014613 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-198 |
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