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High genetic diversity of Staphylococcus aureus strains colonising the nasopharynx of Gambian villagers before widespread use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.
BMC microbiology - 12 Mar 2016
Ebruke Chinelo, Dione Michel M, Walter Brigitte, Worwui Archibald, Adegbola Richard A, Roca Anna, Antonio Martin
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BACKGROUND: With the global efforts of reducing pneumococcal disease through widespread introduction of pneumococcal vaccines, concerns have emerged on the potential increase of morbidity and mortality from S. aureus disease. Little is known however, of the carriage rates of S. aureus or of its' relationship with carriage of S. pneumoniae in rural Africa, and West Africa in particular where very high rates of...
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