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. 2013 May;51(5):1580-2.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.03320-12. Epub 2013 Feb 27.

Baseline epidemiology and genetic structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D in southern Israel prior to introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines

Nurith Porat  1 , Rachel Benisty, Ronit Trefler, Doreen Ozalvo, Noga Givon-Lavi, Ron Dagan
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Baseline epidemiology and genetic structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D in southern Israel prior to introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines

Nurith Porat et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 May.

Abstract

We characterized Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D from among previously identified S. pneumoniae serotype 6B strains from Jewish and Bedouin children in southern Israel during a decade before vaccination. S. pneumoniae serotype 6D isolates constituted 6.7% of the presumed S. pneumoniae serotype 6B isolates. S. pneumoniae serotype 6D strains belonged to 20 sequence types that were differentially distributed between the two ethnic groups.

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Distribution of the major STs among Jewish (J) and Bedouin (B) children. P values were calculated for each ST relative to the total number of isolates in each ethnic group (Jewish children, n = 48; Bedouin children, n = 59). *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.001.
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