Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and serotypes indentified among nursing home residents in comparison to the elderly and patients younger than 65 years living in domestic environment
In Slovenia, there is little data available on pneumococcal vaccination rates and no data on asymptomatic NPCR and serotypes in the population of nursing home residents in comparison to the elderly living in domestic environment, therefore the goal was to gain these data.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sciendo
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Slovenian Journal of Public Health |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2017-0023 |