Streptococcus pneumoniae colonisation in a cohort of SE Asian infants

Background Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of childhood mortality and morbidity. Nasopharyngeal colonisation precedes infection but the dynamics, modifiers, and immunological outcomes of colonisation in infancy are incompletely understood. Methods We conducted a longitudinal pneumococcal...

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Main Author: Turner, Paul
Published: Open University 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.594752