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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…

Estimating rates of carriage acquisition and clearance and competitive ability for pneumococcal serotypes in Kenya with a Markov transition model.

Author(s): Lipsitch M, Abdullahi O, DʼAmour A, Xie W, Weinberger DM, Tchetgen Tchetgen E, Scott JA|Journal: Epidemiology|PMID: 22441543| July 2012
There are more than 90 serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae, with varying biologic and epidemiologic properties. Animal studies suggest that carriage…

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