Bacterial Load of Pneumococcal Serotypes Correlates with Their Prevalence and Multiple Serotypes Is Associated with Acute Respiratory Infections among Children Less Than 5 Years of Age

• Bhim Gopal Dhoubhadel,

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Michio Yasunami,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Hien Anh Thi Nguyen,

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam

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• Motoi Suzuki,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Thu Huong Vu,

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam

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• Ai Thi Thuy Nguyen,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Khanh Hoa General Hospital, NhaTrang, Vietnam

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• Duc Anh Dang,

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam

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• Lay-Myint Yoshida ,

  * E-mail: lmyoshi@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Koya Ariyoshi

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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