Prevalence and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus nasopharyngeal carriage during a PCV trial

Prevalence and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus nasopharyngeal carriage during a PCV trial

Abstract Background We conducted an ancillary study among individuals who had participated in a cluster-randomized PCV-7 trial in rural Gambia (some clusters were wholly-vaccinated while in others only young children had been vaccinated), to determine the prevalence and risk factors for Staphylococc...

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Main Authors: Abdoulie Bojang, Lindsay Kendall, Effua Usuf, Uzochukwu Egere, Sarah Mulwa, Martin Antonio, Brian Greenwood, Philip C. Hill, Anna Roca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
S. aureus
PCV
Nasopharyngeal carriage
Seasonality
Risk factor
The Gambia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2685-1

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