@article{5bdf0ef1be664331b9ddc6ba9296a41d,
title = "Effect of pneumococcal vaccination on nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Staphylococcus aureus in Fijian children",
abstract = "The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) reduces carriage of vaccine type Streptococcus pneumoniae but leads to replacement by nonvaccine serotypes and may affect carriage of other respiratory pathogens. We investigated nasopharyngeal carriage of S. pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Staphylococcus aureus in Fijian infants participating in a pneumococcal vaccine trial using quantitative PCR. Vaccination did not affect pathogen carriage rates or densities, whereas significant differences between the two major ethnic groups were observed. ",
keywords = "penumovax, Pneumococcus vaccine, unclassified drug, article, bacterial colonization, bacterial immunity, bacterium carrier, bacterium culture, bacterium detection, drug effect, ethnic group, Fijian, group A streptococcal infection, Haemophilus influenzae, high risk population, human, incidence, Moraxella catarrhalis, multiple cycle treatment, nasopharyngeal carriage, nonhuman, pneumococcal infection, pneumonia, polymerase chain reaction, priority journal, quantitative analysis, sensitivity analysis, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Bacterial Infections, Carrier State, Child, Child, Preschool, Fiji, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Humans, Infant, Nasopharynx, Pneumococcal Vaccines, Prevalence, Vaccination",
author = "Eileen Dunne and J Manning and Fiona Russell and Robins-Browne, {Roy M} and MULHOLLAND, {Edward (Kim)} and Catherine Satzke",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1128/JCM.06589-11",
language = "English",
volume = "50",
pages = "1034--1038",
journal = "Journal of Clinical Microbiology",
issn = "0095-1137",
publisher = "American Society for Microbiology",
number = "3",
}