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Impact of a single dose of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on colonization.
Vaccine - 26 Apr 2010
Frazão Nelson, Sá-Leão Raquel, de Lencastre Hermínia
Abstract excerpt
The impact of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) on the pneumococcal flora has been mostly studied without evaluating multiple colonization and the mechanism(s) leading to serotype replacement. These issues are addressed here, while assessing the effect of a single PCV7 dose. A group of children received one PCV7 dose just after nasopharyngeal sampling, with the control receiving no vaccine and...
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