Epidemiological Evidence for Serotype‐Independent Acquired Immunity to Pneumococcal Carriage | Zendy

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Epidemiological Evidence for Serotype‐Independent Acquired Immunity to Pneumococcal Carriage

Author(s) -

Simo Granat,

Jukka Ollgren,

Elja Herva,

Zakaria Mia,

Kari Auranen,

P. Helena Mäkelä

Publication year - 2009

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 - 10.1086/599364

Subject(s) - carriage , serotype , epidemiology , immunity , immunology , medicine , virology , streptococcus pneumoniae , pneumococcal infections , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , immune system , antibiotics , pathology

Asymptomatic nasopharyngeal carriage is the main reservoir for transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae. The rate of both carriage and pneumococcal disease decreases with age. To what extent these changes are the result of developing natural immunity is currently a subject of debate.

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