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High Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization prevalence among HIV-infected Kenyan parents in the year before pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis in developing countries, particularly among children and HIV-infected persons. Pneumococcal oropharyngeal (OP) or nasopharyngeal (NP) colonization is a precursor to development of invasive disease. New conjug...

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Autores principales: Conklin, Laura M., Bigogo, Godfrey, Jagero, Geofrey, Hampton, Lee, Junghae, Muthoni, da Gloria Carvalho, Maria, Pimenta, Fabiana, Beall, Bernard, Taylor, Thomas, Plikaytis, Brian, Laserson, Kayla F., Vulule, John, Van Beneden, Chris, Whitney, Cynthia G., Breiman, Robert F., Feikin, Daniel R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4715316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26774803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1312-2