Molecular epidemiology of pneumococci obtained from Gambian children aged 2–29 months with invasive pneumococcal disease during a trial of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Background The study describes the molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease in Gambian children Methods One hundred and thirty-two S. pneumoniae isolates were recovered from children aged 2–29 months during the course of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine trial condu...

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Published in:	BMC infectious diseases Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 81
Main Authors:	Antonio, Martin, Dada-Adegbola, Hannah, Biney, Ekow, Awine, Tim, O'Callaghan, John, Pfluger, Valentin, Enwere, Godwin, Okoko, Brown, Oluwalana, Claire, Vaughan, Adeola, Zaman, Syed MA, Pluschke, Gerd, Greenwood, Brian M, Cutts, Felicity, Adegbola, Richard A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 11.06.2008 BioMed Central Ltd BMC
Subjects:	Alleles Child, Preschool Clinical Trials as Topic Diagnosis Dosage and administration Gambia - epidemiology Genetic aspects Genotype Humans Infant Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine Medical Microbiology Medicine Medicine & Public Health Microbial Sensitivity Tests Molecular Epidemiology Parasitology Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology Pneumococcal Infections - immunology Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology Pneumococcal vaccine Pneumococcal Vaccines - administration & dosage Pneumococcal Vaccines - immunology Pneumonia, Pneumococcal Research Article Risk factors Serotyping Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae - classification Streptococcus pneumoniae - drug effects Streptococcus pneumoniae - genetics Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification Tropical Medicine Gambia Pneumococcal Disease Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Clonal Complex Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Capsular Polysaccharide
ISSN:	1471-2334, 1471-2334
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