Strain Level Streptococcus Colonization Patterns during the First Year of Life

Strain Level Streptococcus Colonization Patterns during the First Year of Life

Pneumococcal pneumonia has decreased significantly since the implementation of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), nevertheless, in many developing countries pneumonia mortality in infants remains high. We have undertaken a study of the nasopharyngeal (NP) microbiome during the first year of l...

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Main Authors: Meredith S. Wright, Jamison McCorrison, Andres M. Gomez, Erin Beck, Derek Harkins, Jyoti Shankar, Stephanie Mounaud, Edelwisa Segubre-Mercado, Aileen May R. Mojica, Brian Bacay, Susan A. Nzenze, Sheila Z. M. Kimaro, Peter Adrian, Keith P. Klugman, Marilla G. Lucero, Karen E. Nelson, Shabir Madhi, Granger G. Sutton, William C. Nierman, Liliana Losada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
nasopharyngeal microbiome
Streptococcus pneumoniae
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Serotypes
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01661/full

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