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PCR-based quantitation and clonal diversity of the current prevalent invasive serogroup 6 pneumococcal serotype, 6C, in the United States in 1999 and 2006 to 2007.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2009
Carvalho Maria da Gloria, Pimenta Fabiana C, Gertz Robert E, Joshi Hari Har, Trujillo Alma A, Keys Logan E, Findley Joy, Moura Iaci S, Park In H, Hollingshead Susan K, Pilishvili Tamara, Whitney Cynthia G, Nahm Moon H, Beall Bernard W
Abstract excerpt
Following introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to the United States, rates of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) caused by serotype 6A declined among all age groups, while rates of IPD caused by newly identified serotype 6C increased slightly among persons 5 years of age and older. Conventionally serotyped 6A isolates (CS6As) from active population-based surveillance during 1999 and 2006...
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