<italic toggle="yes">Streptococcus pneumoniae</italic> Transmission Is Blocked by Type-Specific Immunity in an Infant Mouse Model
ABSTRACT Epidemiological studies on Streptococcus pneumoniae show that rates of carriage are highest in early childhood and that the major benefit of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) is a reduction in the incidence of nasopharyngeal colonization through decreased transmission within a popula...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2017-05-01
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| Series: | mBio |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00188-17 |