High Prevalence of Serotype 11B of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated in the Nasopharynx of Mexican Children

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 629-630

  Reyna, Jesus ^a   Limon, Ana E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MEXICO; NASOPHARYNX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 47749118387     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2008.03.003     Document Type: Letter

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