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…
Author(s): Weinberger DM, Harboe ZB, Flasche S, Scott JA, Lipsitch M|Journal: Epidemiology|PMID:21646962| March 2011
Before the introduction of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Prevnar-7), the relative prevalence of serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae was fairly…