A rhesus macaque model of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage
Autor: | Mario T. Philipp, Rudolf P. Bohm, Lara A. Doyle, Gail B. Plauché, Dale S. Martin, Kathrine M Phillippi-Falkenstein |
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Rok vydání: | 2011 |
Předmět: |
General Veterinary
biology Incidence (epidemiology) Nasopharyngeal carriage biology.organism_classification medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause respiratory tract diseases Microbiology Rhesus macaque Pneumonia Pneumococcal infections Carriage Streptococcus pneumoniae Immunology medicine Nasopharyngeal colonization Animal Science and Zoology |
Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Primatology. 41:60-66 |
ISSN: | 0047-2565 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2011.00512.x |
Popis: | Background Nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae precedes pneumococcal disease. Elucidation of procedures to prevent or eradicate nasopharyngeal carriage in a model akin to the human would help to diminish the incidence of both pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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