The prevalence and risk factors for pneumococcal colonization of the nasopharynx among children in Kilifi District, Kenya.

The prevalence and risk factors for pneumococcal colonization of the nasopharynx among children in Kilifi District, Kenya.

<h4>Background</h4>Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) reduce nasopharyngeal carriage of vaccine-serotype pneumococci but increase in the carriage of non-vaccine serotypes. We studied the epidemiology of carriage among children 3-59 months old before vaccine introduction in Kilifi, Ken...

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Main Authors: Osman Abdullahi, Angela Karani, Caroline C Tigoi, Daisy Mugo, Stella Kungu, Eva Wanjiru, Jane Jomo, Robert Musyimi, Marc Lipsitch, J Anthony G Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22363489/?tool=EBI

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22363489/?tool=EBI

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