Nasopharyngeal Carriage ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeby Adults and Children in Community and Family Settings
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- 1 March 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 38 (5) , 632-639
Abstract
The rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage among adults was compared with that among children (age, ⩽6 years) in the same population. NasopharyngeKeywords
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