Bacterial load of pneumococcal serotypes correlates with their prevalence and multiple serotypes is associated with acute respiratory infections among children less than 5 years of age

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Dhoubhadel, Bhim Gopal ^a   Yasunami, Michio ^a   Nguyen, Hien Anh Thi ^b   Suzuki, Motoi ^a   Vu, Thu Huong ^b   Nguyen, Ai Thi Thuy ^c   Dang, Duc Anh ^b   Yoshida, Lay Myint ^a   Ariyoshi, Koya ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c Khanh Hoa General Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NANOFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROTYPE; SEX RATIO; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ACUTE DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEROGROUP; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84910003184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110777     Document Type: Article

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