Rates of acquisition of pneumococcal colonization and transmission probabilities, by serotype, among newborn infants in Kilifi District, Kenya

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-188

  Tigoi, Caroline C ^a   Gatakaa, Hellen ^a   Karani, Angela ^a   Mugo, Daisy ^a   Kungu, Stella ^a   Wanjiru, Eva ^a   Jomo, Jane ^a   Musyimi, Robert ^a   Ojal, John ^a   Glass, Nina E ^b   Abdullahi, Osman ^a,c   Scott, J Anthony G ^a,d  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMON COLD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NEWBORN; NOSE MUCOSA; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SIBLING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CARRIER STATE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PARENTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; SIBLINGS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84864135701     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis371     Document Type: Article

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