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CARRIAGE study - a prospective cohort study of determinants of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonisation in healthy adults in England.
2025-08-01
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Background Around 30% of humans carry Staphylococcus aureus in their nose. S. aureus is an important cause of disease, and carriers are at greater risk of bacteraemia than non-carriers. Why some people carry S. aureus while others never do is not well understood, but is likely to be a complex trait influenced by multiple factors. The CARRIAGE study cohort was established to investigate the determinants of persi...
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- 2c225db9-7334-5817-90dc-21909ae9a0ca
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- 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24249.1
