Increase in the Prevalence of the Newly Discovered Pneumococcal Serotype 6C in the Nasopharynx after Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine | Zendy

Moon H. Nahm | Zendy; Jisheng Lin | Zendy; Jonathan A. Finkelstein | Zendy; Stephen I. Pelton | Zendy

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Increase in the Prevalence of the Newly Discovered Pneumococcal Serotype 6C in the Nasopharynx after Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

Author(s) -

Moon H. Nahm,

Jisheng Lin,

Jonathan A. Finkelstein,

Stephen I. Pelton

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/596064

Subject(s) - serotype , carriage , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , virology , streptococcus pneumoniae , pneumococcal infections , conjugate , pneumococcal disease , medicine , conjugate vaccine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , pathology

Because pneumococcal serotype 6C was previously not distinguished from serotype 6A, the impact of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) on the carriage of serotype 6C is unknown.

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