Multi-Serotype Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage Prevalence in Vaccine Naïve Nepalese Children, Assessed Using Molecular Serotyping

Rama Kandasamy; Meeru Gurung; Anushil Thapa; Susan Ndimah; Neelam Adhikari; David R. Murdoch; Dominic F. Kelly; Denise E. Waldron; Katherine A. Gould; Stephen Thorson; Shrijana Shrestha; Jason Hinds; Andrew J. Pollard

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114286

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Multi-Serotype Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage Prevalence in Vaccine Naïve Nepalese Children, Assessed Using Molecular Serotyping

Rama Kandasamy ,

* E-mail: rama.kandasamy@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk

¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Meeru Gurung ,

¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Paediatric Research Unit, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Anushil Thapa,

Affiliation Paediatric Research Unit, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Susan Ndimah,

Affiliations Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Neelam Adhikari,

Affiliation Paediatric Research Unit, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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David R. Murdoch,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Dominic F. Kelly,

Affiliations Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Denise E. Waldron,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Sciences, St. George’s, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Katherine A. Gould,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Sciences, St. George’s, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Stephen Thorson,

Affiliation Paediatric Research Unit, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Shrijana Shrestha,

Affiliation Paediatric Research Unit, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Jason Hinds,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Sciences, St. George’s, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Andrew J. Pollard

Affiliations Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Multi-Serotype Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage Prevalence in Vaccine Naïve Nepalese Children, Assessed Using Molecular Serotyping

Rama Kandasamy,
Meeru Gurung,
Anushil Thapa,
Susan Ndimah,
Neelam Adhikari,
David R. Murdoch,
Dominic F. Kelly,
Denise E. Waldron,
Katherine A. Gould,
Stephen Thorson

Published: February 2, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114286

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