Persistence of Pneumococcal Carriage among Older Adults in the Community despite COVID-19 Mitigation Measures

Persistence of Pneumococcal Carriage among Older Adults in the Community despite COVID-19 Mitigation Measures

ABSTRACT Reported rates of invasive pneumococcal disease were markedly lower than normal during the 2020/2021 winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the first year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, little is known about rates of carriage of pneumococcus among adults during this period....

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Main Authors: Anne L. Wyllie, Sidiya Mbodj, Darani A. Thammavongsa, Maikel S. Hislop, Devyn Yolda-Carr, Pari Waghela, Maura Nakahata, Anne E. Stahlfeld, Noel J. Vega, Anna York, Orchid M. Allicock, Geisa Wilkins, Andrea Ouyang, Laura Siqueiros, Yvette Strong, Kelly Anastasio, Ronika Alexander-Parrish, Adriano Arguedas, Bradford D. Gessner, Daniel M. Weinberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
pneumococcus
saliva
surveillance
carriage
COVID-19 pandemic
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04879-22

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