Increase in Serotype 6C Pneumococcal Carriage, United Kingdom

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To the Editor: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major human pathogen. In 2007, Park et al. identifi ed a novel serotype, 6C (1), which emerged from serotype 6A. A study of children in the Netherlands who had not previously received a pneumococcal vaccine found low prevalence of this newly identifi ed serotype before the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine Prevnar/Prevenar (PCV7) (Wyeth, Taplow, UK) was...

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