Low Prevalence of Pneumococcal Carriage and High Serotype and Genotype Diversity among Adults over 60 Years of Age Living in Portugal
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Summary
The prevalence of pneumococcal carriage in the elderly, in Portugal, as determined by culture-based methods, is low and serotype and genotype diversity is high.
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- article
- Published
- 2014-03-06
- Cited by
- 61
- References
- 49
- Access
- Open access
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Keywords
Base (topology), Geotechnical engineering, Geology, Structural engineering, Engineering
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