Carriage rates and antimicrobial sensitivity of pneumococci in the upper respiratory tract of children less than ten years old, in a north Indian rural community.

Carriage rates and antimicrobial sensitivity of pneumococci in the upper respiratory tract of children less than ten years old, in a north Indian rural community.

Pneumococcal carriage studies are important for vaccine introduction and treatment strategies. Pneumococcal carriage rates estimated in this cohort study among children in a rural community of northern India. Between August 2012 and August 2014, trained nurses made weekly home visits to screen enrol...

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Main Authors: Sambuddha Kumar, Debjani Ram Purakayastha, Arti Kapil, Siddhartha Saha, Fatimah S Dawood, Bimal Kumar Das, Ritvik Amarchand, Rakesh Kumar, Kathryn E Lafond, Seema Jain, Anand Krishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246522

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246522

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