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Clonal distribution of invasive pneumococcal isolates from children and selected adults in the United States prior to 7-valent conjugate vaccine introduction.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2003
Gertz Robert E, McEllistrem M Catherine, Boxrud David J, Li Zhongya, Sakota Varja, Thompson Terry A, Facklam Richard R, Besser John M, Harrison Lee H, Whitney Cynthia G, Beall Bernard
Abstract excerpt
Theseven-valent pneumococcal conjugated polysaccharide vaccine PC7V was licensed for use among children in 2000. Since 90 serotypes of pneumococci exist, an increase in nonvaccine serotypes could occur through immune selection for capsular type switching. Eleven hundred sixty-eight invasive isola...
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