| Title |
PspA Family Distribution, Antimicrobial Resistance and Serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated from Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Japan
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0058124 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Muneki Hotomi, Akihisa Togawa, Masamitsu Kono, Yorihiko Ikeda, Shin Takei, Susan K. Hollingshead, David E. Briles, Kenji Suzuki, Noboru Yamanaka |
| Abstract |
The protection against pneumococcal infections provided by currently available pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccines are restricted to the limited number of the serotypes included in the vaccine. In the present study, we evaluated the distribution of the pneumococcal capsular type and surface protein A (PspA) family of pneumococcal isolates from upper respiratory tract infections in Japan. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 48 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 29% |
| Researcher | 7 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 11 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 31% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 18% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 11 | 22% |