Assessment of Streptococcus pneumoniae pilus islet-1 prevalence in carried and transmitted isolates from mother-infant pairs on the Thailand-Burma border

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 970-975

  Turner, P ^a,b,c   Melchiorre, S ^d   Moschioni, M ^d   Barocchi, M A ^d   Turner, C ^a,b,c   Watthanaworawit, W ^a,b   Kaewcharernnet, N ^a,b   Nosten, F ^a,b,c   Goldblatt, D ^e  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carriage; Carriage duration; Colonization; PI 1; Pilus 1; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM PILUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THAILAND; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84861677205     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03711.x     Document Type: Article

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