The Challenges of Using Oropharyngeal Samples To Measure Pneumococcal Carriage in Adults

by Laura K. Boelsen, Eileen M. Dunne, Katherine A. Gould, F. Tupou Ratu, Jorge E. Vidal, Fiona M. Russell, E. Kim Mulholland, Jason Hinds, Catherine Satzke
Published 2020-07-01

Multi-serotype pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage prevalence in vaccine naïve Nepalese children, assessed using molecular serotyping.

by Rama Kandasamy, Meeru Gurung, Anushil Thapa, Susan Ndimah, Neelam Adhikari, David R Murdoch, Dominic F Kelly, Denise E Waldron, Katherine A Gould, Stephen Thorson, Shrijana Shrestha, Jason Hinds, Andrew J Pollard
Published 2015-01-01

Dominant role of nucleotide substitution in the diversification of serotype 3 pneumococci over decades and during a single infection.

by Nicholas J Croucher, Andrea M Mitchell, Katherine A Gould, Donald Inverarity, Lars Barquist, Theresa Feltwell, Maria C Fookes, Simon R Harris, Janina Dordel, Susannah J Salter, Sarah Browall, Helena Zemlickova, Julian Parkhill, Staffan Normark, Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Jason Hinds, Tim J Mitchell, Stephen D Bentley
Published 2013-01-01

The nose is the best niche for detection of experimental pneumococcal colonisation in adults of all ages, using nasal wash

by Elissavet Nikolaou, Esther L. German, Annie Blizard, Ashleigh Howard, Lisa Hitchins, Tao Chen, Jim Chadwick, Sherin Pojar, Elena Mitsi, Carla Solórzano, Syba Sunny, Felicity Dunne, Jenna F. Gritzfeld, Hugh Adler, Jason Hinds, Katherine A. Gould, Jamie Rylance, Andrea M. Collins, Stephen B. Gordon, Daniela M. Ferreira
Published 2021-09-01