Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in the Gaza strip.

Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in the Gaza strip.

Pneumococcal infections cause major morbidity and mortality in developing countries. We report the epidemiology of S. pneumoniae carriage in a developing region, the Gaza strip, and evaluate the theoretical coverage of carriage strains by pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs).In 2009 we conducted a...

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Main Authors: Gili Regev-Yochay, Izzeldin Abullaish, Richard Malley, Bracha Shainberg, Miriam Varon, Yulia Roytman, Arnona Ziv, Aviva Goral, Abedallah Elhamdany, Galia Rahav, Meir Raz, Palestinian-Israeli Collaborative Research Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3335158?pdf=render

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