First report of putative streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6d among nasopharyngeal isolates from fijian children

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 200, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1375-1380

  Jin, Ping ^a,c   Kong, Fanrong ^c   Xiao, Meng ^b   Oftadeh, Shahin ^c   Zhou, Fei ^c   Liu, Chunyi ^a   Russell, Fiona ^d   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^c  

^a Baoan Maternity and Child Health Hospital   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIJI; HUMAN; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CARRIER STATE; FIJI; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 72849134694     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/606118     Document Type: Article

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