The Prevalence and Risk Factors for Pneumococcal Colonization of the Nasopharynx among Children in Kilifi District, Kenya

BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) reduce nasopharyngeal carriage of vaccine-serotype pneumococci but increase in the carriage of non-vaccine serotypes. We studied the epidemiology of carriage among children 3–59 months old before vaccine introduction in Kilifi, Kenya. METHODS: In a r...

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Autores principales: Abdullahi, Osman, Karani, Angela, Tigoi, Caroline C., Mugo, Daisy, Kungu, Stella, Wanjiru, Eva, Jomo, Jane, Musyimi, Robert, Lipsitch, Marc, Scott, J. Anthony G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3282706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22363489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030787

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3282706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22363489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030787

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