Dynamics of Pneumococcal Acquisition and Carriage in Young Adults during Training in Confined Settings in Israel

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Levine, Hagai ^a,b   Balicer, Ran D ^a,c   Zarka, Salman ^a,d   Sela, Tamar ^a   Rozhavski, Vladislav ^a   Cohen, Daniel ^e   Kayouf, Raid ^a   Ambar, Ruhama ^a   Porat, Nurith ^c   Dagan, Ron ^c,f  

^a Medical Corps   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GLASS BOTTLE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867305654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046491     Document Type: Article

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