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Pneumococcus nasopharyngeal carriage in children attending an academic hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, after the introduction of pneumococcal vaccine

BACKGROUND: In 2009, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was introduced in South Africa. However, there are concerns that this could lead to an increase in colonisation of non-vaccine serotypes (serotype replacement). METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, 350 children aged 1 month to 14 years were enrolle...

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Autores principales: Newton, Charity, Maake, Harry, Maluleka, Caroline, Mda, Siyazi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8378010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34485453
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v34i1.112