Seasonality of Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage in Rural Gambia Determined within the Context of a Cluster Randomized Pneumococcal Vaccine Trial.

We conducted an ancillary study among individuals who had participated in a PCV-7 trial in rural Gambia, to determine the influence of season on the prevalence of pneumococcal carriage.636 individuals above 30 months of age were followed from 4 to 20 months after vaccination with PCV-7 or meningococ...

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Main Authors: Abdoulie Bojang, James Jafali, Uzochukwu E Egere, Phillip C Hill, Martin Antonio, David Jeffries, Brian M Greenwood, Anna Roca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4488590?pdf=render