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. 2010 Nov;16(11):1751-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1611.100941.

Prevalence and genetic structures of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D, South Korea

Eun Hwa Choi  1 , Hoan Jong Lee, Eun Young Cho, Chi Eun Oh, Byung Wook Eun, Jina Lee, Min Ja Kim
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Prevalence and genetic structures of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D, South Korea

Eun Hwa Choi et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Nov.

Abstract

To determine prevalence and genetic structures of new serotype 6D strains of pneumococci, we examined isolates from diverse clinical specimens in South Korea during 1991-2008. Fourteen serotype 6D strains accounted for 10.4% of serogroup 6 pneumococci from blood, sputum, nasopharynx, and throat samples. Serotype 6D strains consisted of 3 sequence types.

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eBURST analysis of 134 strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae serogroup 6. Serotypes are indicated in parentheses. Circle size correlates with number of strains of each sequence type. Blue circles indicate predicted founders (original sequence types within the cluster). Serotype 6D is shown in red, serotype 6C in blue.
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