The Challenges of Using Oropharyngeal Samples To Measure Pneumococcal Carriage in Adults

Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) carriage is commonly used to measure effects of pneumococcal vaccines. Based on findings from culture-based studies, the World Health Organization recommends both nasopharyngeal (NP) and oropharyngeal (OP) sampling for detecting adult carriage. Given evide...

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Autores principales: Boelsen, Laura K., Dunne, Eileen M., Gould, Katherine A., Ratu, F. Tupou, Vidal, Jorge E., Russell, Fiona M., Mulholland, E. Kim, Hinds, Jason, Satzke, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32727860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00478-20

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32727860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00478-20

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