Nasopharyngeal carriage of streptococcus pneumoniae in navajo and white mountain apache children before the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 711-716

  Millar, Eugene V ^a,c   O'Brien, Katherine L ^a   Zell, Elizabeth R ^b   Bronsdon, Melinda A ^a   Reid, Raymond ^a   Santosham, Mathuram ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Nasopharyngeal carriage; Pneumococcus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 68649099030     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181a06303     Document Type: Article

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