Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae among children aged 30 days to <60 months in Beijing and Shenzhen, China (2018-2021) during pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction and the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

• Main Authors: Qianqian Du (Author), Zhaoqiu Liu (Author), Hongmei Wang (Author), Yani Wang (Author), Li Liu (Author), Xuexia Wen (Author), Sangjie Yu (Author), Qingqing Ren (Author), Elisa Gonzalez (Author), Adriano Arguedas (Author), Mark A. Fletcher (Author), Kaijie Pan (Author), Graciela Del Carmen Morales (Author), Jikui Deng (Author), Kaihu Yao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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ObjectivesTo describe the carriage rate, serotype distribution, and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) nasopharyngeal (NP) isolates among healthy children aged 30 days to <60 months in the cities of Beijing and Shenzhen during 2018-2021.MethodsA NP s...