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The nasopharyngeal microbiome in South African children with lower respiratory tract infection: a nested case-control study of the Drakenstein Child Health Study
2024-07-19
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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background</bold> Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is a leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality globally. LRTI may be caused by viral or bacterial infections, individually or in combination. We investigated associations between LRTI and infant nasopharyngeal (NP) viruses and bacteria in a South African birth cohort. <bold>Methods</bold> In a case-control study of i...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 965f61b9-3ee1-5c77-91f0-1076d14895bd
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4605876/v1
