Low prevalence of recently discovered pneumococcal serotype 6C isolates among healthy Dutch children in the pre-vaccination era

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 449-450

  Hermans, P W M ^a   Blommaart, M ^a   Park, I H ^b   Nahm, M H ^b   Bogaert, D ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Conjugate vaccination; Prevalence; Serotype 6C; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 38049068714     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.11.026     Document Type: Letter

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