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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Published in:BMC Infect Dis
Main Authors: 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.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4715316/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26774803
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1312-2
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