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Population genomics of pneumococcal carriage in Massachusetts children following introduction of PCV-13.
Microbial genomics - 1 Feb 2019
Mitchell Patrick K, Azarian Taj, Croucher Nicholas J, Callendrello Alanna, Thompson Claudette M, Pelton Stephen I, Lipsitch Marc, Hanage William P
Abstract excerpt
The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-13) was introduced in the United States in 2010. Using a large paediatric carriage sample collected from shortly after the introduction of PCV-7 to several years after the introduction of PCV-13, we investigate alterations in the composition of the pneumococcal population following the introduction of PCV-13, evaluating the extent to which the post-vaccination...
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