Hands are vehicles for transmission ofStreptococcus pneumoniaein novel controlled human infection study
- 10 October 2018
- journal article
- letter
- Published by European Respiratory Society (ERS) in European Respiratory Journal
- Vol. 52 (4) , 1800599
Abstract
Hands can be vehicles for of transmission of pneumococcus leading to nasopharyngeal colonisation, even after dryinghttp://ow.ly/svlu30liKqPKeywords
Funding Information
- Unilever (NA)
- Medical Research Council (MR/M011569/1)
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