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Antibody Responses to Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Adults: A Longitudinal Household Study

2005; Oxford University Press; Volume: 192; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/431524

ISSN

1537-6613

Autores

David Goldblatt, Mahein Hussain, Nick Andrews, Lindsey Ashton, Camilla Virta, Alessia Melegaro, Richard Pebody, Robert C. George, Anu Soininen, John Edmunds, Nigel Gay, Helena Käyhty, Elizabeth Miller,

Tópico(s)

Respiratory viral infections research

Resumo

BackgroundNatural immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae is thought to be induced by exposure to S. pneumoniae or cross-reactive antigens. No longitudinal studies of carriage of and immune responses to S. pneumoniae have been conducted using sophisticated immunological laboratory techniques

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