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Postvaccine genetic structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A from children in the United States.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2005
Pai Rekha, Moore Matthew R, Pilishvili Tamara, Gertz Robert E, Whitney Cynthia G, Beall Bernard
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The introduction of the 7-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine (PCV7) in children may result in serotype replacement. We estimated the rate of increase of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) caused by serotype 19A in children <5 years old and determined the genetic composition of these isolates. METHODS: Cases of IPD between July 1999 and June 2004 were identified through the Active Bacterial Core...
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