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Prevalence and genetic diversity of pneumococcal serogroup 6 in Australia.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Aug 2011
Zhuo F, Xiao M, Kong F, Oftadeh S, Zhou F, Zhang J, Gilbert G L
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of the newly discovered pneumococcal serotype 6C has increased in some countries since the introduction of seven-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine (PCV7). The distribution of invasive serogroup 6 serotypes, in Australia, including 6C and 6D, has not been reported previously. During the period 1999 to 2008, 6097 isolates were referred to the New South Wales Pneumococcal Reference Laboratory for...
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