The prevalence and risk factors for pneumococcal colonization of the nasopharynx among children in Kilifi District, Kenya.

<h4>Background</h4>Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) reduce nasopharyngeal carriage of vaccine-serotype pneumococci but increase in the carriage of non-vaccine serotypes. We studied the epidemiology of carriage among children 3-59 months old before vaccine introduction in Kilifi, Ken...

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Autores principales: Osman Abdullahi, Angela Karani, Caroline C Tigoi, Daisy Mugo, Stella Kungu, Eva Wanjiru, Jane Jomo, Robert Musyimi, Marc Lipsitch, J Anthony G Scott
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/bf14eeb6ff3443cdba3488841cc82dab
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