The Prevalence and Risk Factors for Pneumococcal Colonization of the Nasopharynx among Children in Kilifi District, Kenya

Osman Abdullahi; Angela Karani; Caroline C. Tigoi; Daisy Mugo; Stella Kungu; Eva Wanjiru; Jane Jomo; Robert Musyimi; Marc Lipsitch; J. Anthony G. Scott

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030787

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The Prevalence and Risk Factors for Pneumococcal Colonization of the Nasopharynx among Children in Kilifi District, Kenya

Osman Abdullahi ,

* E-mail: oabdulla@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research - Coast, Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Angela Karani,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research - Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Caroline C. Tigoi,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research - Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Daisy Mugo,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research - Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Stella Kungu,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research - Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Eva Wanjiru,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research - Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Jane Jomo,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research - Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Robert Musyimi,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research - Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Marc Lipsitch,

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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J. Anthony G. Scott

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research - Coast, Kilifi, Kenya, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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The Prevalence and Risk Factors for Pneumococcal Colonization of the Nasopharynx among Children in Kilifi District, Kenya

Osman Abdullahi,
Angela Karani,
Caroline C. Tigoi,
Daisy Mugo,
Stella Kungu,
Eva Wanjiru,
Jane Jomo,
Robert Musyimi,
Marc Lipsitch,
J. Anthony G. Scott

Published: February 20, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030787

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