ArticleFEMS microbes2024
Contact with young children is a major risk factor for pneumococcal colonization in older adults.
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- A synopsis of competence-regulated virulence inVirulence · 2026Review
- Serotype diversity and risk factors for pneumococcal carriage among healthy children in Klang Valley, Malaysia: A pre-vaccination cross-sectional study.IJID regions · 2026Article
- Acute Respiratory Infections Due to Antibiotic-nonsusceptibleOpen forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Hidden burden of pneumococcal colonization in adults with viral respiratory infections: the role of influenza and RSV.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
- Detection of Pneumococcal Carriage in Asymptomatic Healthcare Workers.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Serotype epidemiology and antibiotic resistance of pneumococcal isolates colonizing infants in Botswana (2016-2019).PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
Important questions remain about the sources of transmission of pneumococcus to older adults in the community. This is critical for understanding the potential effects of using pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in children and older adults. For non-institutionalized individuals, we hypothesized that the most likely source of adult-to-adult transmission is within the household. We designed a longitudinal study to sample adults ≥60 years of age living in the same household (New Haven, CT, USA), without younger residents in the household. Saliva samples and social and health questionnaires were obtained every 2 weeks for a period of 10 weeks. DNA extracted from culture-enriched saliva was tested using qPCR for pneumococcus genes
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