Understanding pneumococcal serotype 1 biology through population genomic analysis

<h4>Background</h4> <p>Pneumococcus kills over one million children annually and over 90 % of these deaths occur in low-income countries especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where HIV exacerbates the disease burden. In SSA, serotype 1 pneumococci particularly the endemic ST217 c...

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Main Authors: Chaguza, C, Cornick, J, Harris, S, Andam, C, Bricio-Moreno, L, Yang, M, Yalcin, F, Ousmane, S, Govindpersad, S, Senghore, M, Ebruke, C, Du Plessis, M, Kiran, A, Pluschke, G, Sigauque, B, McGee, L, Klugman, K, Turner, P, Corander, J, Parkhill, J, Collard, J, Antonio, M, von Gottberg, A, Heyderman, R, French, N, Kadioglu, A, Hanage, W, Everett, D, Bentley, S, PAGe Consortium
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2016