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Characterization of the genetic lineages responsible for pneumococcal invasive disease in Portugal.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2005
Serrano I, Melo-Cristino J, Carriço J A, Ramirez M
Abstract excerpt
The availability of a conjugate vaccine has the potential to reduce the disease burden of pneumococci and to alter the serotype frequency in the disease-causing population through immunoselection. These changes will probably be reflected in the distributions of individual genetic lineages within the population. We present a characterization of a collection of recent (1999 to 2002) invasive isolates from Portugal...
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