Low Prevalence of Pneumococcal Carriage and High Serotype and Genotype Diversity among Adults over 60 Years of Age Living in Portugal

Pneumococcal disease is frequent at the extremes of age. While several studies have looked at colonization among young children, much less is known among the elderly. We aimed to evaluate pneumococcal carriage among elderly adults living in Portugal. Between April 2010 and December 2012, nasopharyng...

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Autores principales: Almeida, Sónia T., Nunes, Sónia, Santos Paulo, Ana Cristina, Valadares, Idalina, Martins, Sara, Breia, Fátima, Brito-Avô, António, Morais, Ana, de Lencastre, Hermínia, Sá-Leão, Raquel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24604030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090974

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24604030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090974

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