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. 2010 Nov;48(11):4298-300.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00861-10. Epub 2010 Sep 1.

Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae serogroup 6 isolates from Fijian children, including newly identified serotypes 6C and 6D

Catherine Satzke  1 , Belinda D Ortika, Shahin Oftadeh, Fiona M Russell, Roy M Robins-Browne, E Kim Mulholland, Gwendolyn L Gilbert
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Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae serogroup 6 isolates from Fijian children, including newly identified serotypes 6C and 6D

Catherine Satzke et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Nov.

Abstract

Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was applied to all unique serotype 6C and 6D isolates and a random selection of serotype 6B and 6A isolates from nasopharyngeal swabs from Fijian children enrolled in a recent vaccine trial. The results suggest that Fijian serotype 6D has arisen independently from both serotypes 6A/C and 6B.

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