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Genetic stability of pneumococcal isolates during 35 days of human experimental carriage.
Vaccine - 26 Jun 2015
Gladstone R A, Gritzfeld J F, Coupland P, Gordon S B, Bentley S D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal carriage is a reservoir for transmission and a precursor to pneumococcal disease. The experimental human pneumococcal carriage model provides a useful tool to aid vaccine licensure through the measurement of vaccine efficacy against carriage (VEcol). Documentation of the genetic stability of the experimental human pneumococcal carriage model is important to further strengthen confidence...
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