Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage in Young Healthy Children After Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Turkey

Aims: To determine the prevalence of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in healthy children aged 0-6 years who were vaccinated with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 healthy Turkish children between 1 month and 6 years of age....

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Published in:	Balkan Medical Journal
Main Authors:	Ahmet Arvas, Haluk Çokuğraş, Emel Gür, Nevriye Gönüllü, Zeynep Taner, Hrisi Bahar Tokman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Trakya University 2017-08-01
Subjects:	Children nasopharyngeal carriage pneumococcal conjugate vaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae
Online Access:	http://balkanmedicaljournal.org/text.php?lang=en&id=1729