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Molecular analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae clones causing invasive disease in children in Singapore.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jun 2011
Jefferies J M C, Tee W S N, Clarke S C
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a leading cause of serious paediatric disease. However, there are few published epidemiological data regarding invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in many countries in South East Asia, including Singapore. Baseline data for IPD are essential to inform policy regarding pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) use in Singapore. To our knowledge, this is the first study to use multilocus...
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