The rates of acquisition and clearance of pneumococcal serotypes in the nasopharynges of children in Kilifi District, Kenya
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 07/27/2012
Abdullahi O et al. – The large sample size and short swabbing intervals provide a precise description of the prevalence, duration and acquisition of carriage of 28 serotypes. In Kilifi, young children experience approximately 8 episodes of carriage per year. The declining prevalence with age is attributable to increasing clearance rates.
