Prevalence and serotype distribution of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumonia e among healthy children under 5 years of age in Hainan Province, China

• Main Authors: Jian Wang (Author), Li Qiu (Author), Shuang Bai (Author), Wei Zhao (Author), Ao Zhang (Author), Jing Li (Author), Jun-Nan Zhang (Author), Shan-Shan Zhou (Author), Ren Qiu (Author), Zhu Huang (Author), Jv-Xia Liu (Author), Ting-Bin Wang (Author), Xue Sun (Author), Jiang Wu (Author), Qun Zheng (Author), Bin He (Author), Min Lv (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The thirteen-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) is not included in the national immunization program and is administered voluntarily with informed consent in China. In preparation for assessing the impact of pilot introduction in Hainan Province, we conducted a carriag...