Molecular Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae on Dried Blood Spots from Febrile Nigerian Children Compared to Culture

• Pui-Ying Iroh Tam ,

  * E-mail: irohtam@umn.edu

  Affiliations Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Center for Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Translational Research, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Nelmary Hernandez-Alvarado,

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Translational Research, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Mark R. Schleiss,

  Affiliations Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Center for Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Translational Research, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Fatimah Hassan-Hanga,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria

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• Chuma Onuchukwu,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Federal Medical Center, Keffi, Nasarawa, Nigeria

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• Dominic Umoru,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Nyanya General Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

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• Stephen K. Obaro

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

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