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Invasiveness of Serotypes and Clones of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> among Children in Finland
23 Dec 2004
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) causes diseases from otitis media to life-threatening invasive infection. The species is extremely antigenically and clonally diverse. We wished to determine odds ratios (ORs) for serotypes and clones of S. pneumoniae that cause invasive disease in Finland. A total of 224 isolates of S. pneumoniae from cases of invasive disease in children <2 years of age in Finland...
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