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Invasive pneumococcal disease: epidemiology in children and adults prior to implementation of the conjugate vaccine in the Oxfordshire region, England.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Apr 2008
Foster Dona, Knox Kyle, Walker A S, Griffiths D T, Moore Hazel, Haworth Elizabeth, Peto Timothy, Brueggemann Angela B, Crook Derrick W, On Behalf Of The Oxford Invasive Pneumococcal Surveillance Group
Abstract excerpt
A 10-year invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) enhanced surveillance project in the Oxfordshire region of the UK between 1996 and 2005 identified a total of 2691 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from all ages that provided a comprehensive description of pneumococcal epidemiology. All isolates were serotyped and those from children under 5 years of age were genotyped and a matched case-control study using adults...
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