<italic toggle="yes">Streptococcus pneumoniae</italic> Transmission Is Blocked by Type-Specific Immunity in an Infant Mouse Model

ABSTRACT Epidemiological studies on Streptococcus pneumoniae show that rates of carriage are highest in early childhood and that the major benefit of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) is a reduction in the incidence of nasopharyngeal colonization through decreased transmission within a popula...

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Main Authors: Tonia Zangari, Yang Wang, Jeffrey N. Weiser
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
Subjects:
PCV
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/4aa194b8be7945df9ac80a30d73e9887
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