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Ana Rita Narciso1, Rebecca Dookie1, Priyanka Nannapaneni1

  • 1Department of Microbiology, Tumour and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

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概括

肺炎链球菌感染是一个主要的健康威胁. 针对流行病学,致病性和抗生素耐药性的新策略对于控制肺炎球菌疾病至关重要,特别是在未接种疫苗的群体中.

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