Pneumococcal carriage and antibiotic susceptibility patterns from two cross-sectional colonization surveys among children aged <5 years prior to the introduction of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine — Kenya, 2009–2010

BACKGROUND: Pneumococci are spread by persons with nasopharyngeal colonization, a necessary precursor to invasive disease. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines can prevent colonization with vaccine serotype strains. In 2011, Kenya became one of the first African countries to introduce the 10-valent pneum...

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Autores principales: Kobayashi, Miwako, Conklin, Laura M., Bigogo, Godfrey, Jagero, Geofrey, Hampton, Lee, Fleming-Dutra, Katherine E., Junghae, Muthoni, Carvalho, Maria da Gloria, Pimenta, Fabiana, Beall, Bernard, Taylor, Thomas, Laserson, Kayla F., Vulule, John, Van Beneden, Chris, Kim, Lindsay, Feikin, Daniel R., Whitney, Cynthia G., Breiman, Robert F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5217209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28056828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-2103-0

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