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First report of putative Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D among nasopharyngeal isolates from Fijian children.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2009
Jin Ping, Kong Fanrong, Xiao Meng, Oftadeh Shahin, Zhou Fei, Liu Chunyi, Russell Fiona, Gilbert Gwendolyn L
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BACKGROUND: A putative Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype, 6D, resulting from the introduction of wciN(beta) into serotype 6B has been proposed. METHODS: We studied 98 unique serogroup 6 isolates from Fijian children, two-thirds of whom had received at least 1 dose of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, and 51 invasive isolates from Australian children. We used a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system that...
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