Low prevalence of pneumococcal carriage and high serotype and genotype diversity among adults over 60 years of age living in Portugal.

Pneumococcal disease is frequent at the extremes of age. While several studies have looked at colonization among young children, much less is known among the elderly. We aimed to evaluate pneumococcal carriage among elderly adults living in Portugal. Between April 2010 and December 2012, nasopharyng...

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Autores principales: Sónia T Almeida, Sónia Nunes, Ana Cristina Santos Paulo, Idalina Valadares, Sara Martins, Fátima Breia, António Brito-Avô, Ana Morais, Hermínia de Lencastre, Raquel Sá-Leão
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/1525092e339c4c7c838a9cb02d936675
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