Publications

Rates of acquisition and clearance of pneumococcal serotypes in the nasopharynges of children in Kilifi District, Kenya.

Author(s): Abdullahi O, Karani A, Tigoi CC, Mugo D, Kungu S, Wanjiru E, Jomo J, Musyimi R, Lipsitch M, Scott JA|Journal: J Infect Dis|PMID: 22829650| October 2012

To understand and model the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines at the population level, we need to know the transmission…

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

Author(s): Abdullahi O, Karani A, Tigoi CC, Mugo D, Kungu S, Wanjiru E, Jomo J, Musyimi R, Lipsitch M, Scott JA|Journal: PLoS One|PMID: 22363489| January 2012

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) reduce nasopharyngeal carriage of vaccine-serotype pneumococci but increase in the carriage of non-vaccine serotypes. We studied…