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The PneuCarriage Project: A Multi-Centre Comparative Study to Identify the Best Serotyping Methods for Examining Pneumococcal Carriage in Vaccine Evaluation Studies

BACKGROUND: The pneumococcus is a diverse pathogen whose primary niche is the nasopharynx. Over 90 different serotypes exist, and nasopharyngeal carriage of multiple serotypes is common. Understanding pneumococcal carriage is essential for evaluating the impact of pneumococcal vaccines. Traditional...

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Autores principales: Satzke, Catherine, Dunne, Eileen M., Porter, Barbara D., Klugman, Keith P., Mulholland, E. Kim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4648509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26575033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001903