Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae in rural gambian villages: A longitudinal study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1468-1476

  Hill, Philip C ^a,b   Townend, John ^a   Antonio, Martin ^a   Akisanya, Biodun ^a   Ebruke, Chinelo ^a   Lahai, George ^a   Greenwood, Brian M ^c   Adegbola, Richard A ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951788420     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652443     Document Type: Article

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