The association between pneumococcal vaccination, ethnicity, and the nasopharyngeal microbiota of children in Fiji
Abstract Background Streptococcus pneumoniae is a significant global pathogen that colonises the nasopharynx of healthy children. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, which reduce nasopharyngeal colonisation of vaccine-type S. pneumoniae, may have broader effects on the nasopharyngeal microbiota; howeve...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-07-01
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| Series: | Microbiome |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-019-0716-4 |