Increased Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Titers and Local Inflammation Facilitate Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae

The transmission of the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) marks the first step toward disease development. To date, our ability to prevent pneumococcal transmission has been limited by our lack of understanding regarding the factors which influence the spread of this pathogen. We...

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Main Authors: Short, Kirsty R., Reading, Patrick C., Wang, Nancy, Diavatopoulos, Dimitri A., Wijburg, Odilia L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society of Microbiology 2012
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3518912/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23015738
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00255-12
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