A Pneumococcal carriage study in danish pre-school children before the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination

Open Microbiology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-44

  Harboe, Zitta B ^a   Slotved, Hans Christian ^a   Konradsen, Helle B ^a   Kaltoft, Margit S ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children; Nasopharyngeal carriage; Serotypes; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84861862605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874285801206010040     Document Type: Article

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