Article
Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains colonizing children attending day-care centers in Norway.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2008
Vestrheim Didrik F, Høiby E Arne, Aaberge Ingeborg S, Caugant Dominique A
Abstract excerpt
A cross-sectional study of nasopharyngeal colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae was performed among 573 children attending 29 day-care centers (DCCs) in Norway prior to the start of mass vaccination with the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7). A sensitive sampling method was...
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