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Nasopharyngeal carriage with Staphylococcus aureus in healthy children during the first year of life - The Drakenstein Child Health study
Background: Staphylococcus aureus carriage is a risk factor for subsequent infections. Data on the prevalence, determinants, population structure and molecular epidemiology of S. aureus nasal carriage among healthy African populations are scarce, especially during infancy. The different S. aureus …
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Host and pathogen genetics associated with pneumococcal meningitis
… method to longitudinal samples from asymptomatic carriage, and found lineages and specific variants associated with altered duration of carriage. To assess meningitis versus carriage samples I applied similar analysis techniques, and found that the bacterial genome is crucial in determining …