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Experimental Human Pneumococcal Carriage
Published on: February 15, 2013
Staphylococcus Aureus Carriage in a New Zealand Primary School: A Cohort Study
Pippa Scott1, Patricia C Priest2, Stephen T Chambers1,3
1From the Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Abstract:
Asymptomatic carriage of Staphylococcus aureus is a source of transmission between healthy individuals. Seventy children at a primary school were swabbed 7 times to identify patterns of S. aureus carriage. S. aureus carriage prevalence was 53%-65% at each round and 45% carried at every round. High carriage prevalence may indicate that school-aged children are important contributors to S. aureus transmission.
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