The dynamics of nasopharyngeal <it>streptococcus </it>pneumoniae carriage among rural Gambian mother-infant pairs

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Streptococcus pneumoniae </it>is an important cause of community acquired pneumonia, sepsis, meningitis and otitis media globally and has been incriminated as a major cause of serious childhood bacterial infections in...

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Main Authors: Secka Ousman, Fulford Anthony JC, Darboe Momodou K, Prentice Andrew M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-07-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/195