Pneumococcal colonization dynamics among young children with and without respiratory symptoms during the first year of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Liset Olarte; Brian Lee; Dithi Banerjee; Douglas S. Swanson; Christopher J. Harrison; Rangaraj Selvarangan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0327046

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Pneumococcal colonization dynamics among young children with and without respiratory symptoms during the first year of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Liset Olarte ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: Liset.OlarteCarhuaz@bcm.edu

Current affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.

Affiliations University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2370-2043

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Brian Lee,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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Dithi Banerjee,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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Douglas S. Swanson,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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Christopher J. Harrison,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4281-1824

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Rangaraj Selvarangan

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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Pneumococcal colonization dynamics among young children with and without respiratory symptoms during the first year of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Liset Olarte,
Brian Lee,
Dithi Banerjee,
Douglas S. Swanson,
Christopher J. Harrison,
Rangaraj Selvarangan

Published: June 26, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327046

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