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First report of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D in South America

First report of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D in South America

Mercado, E.; Srinivasan, V.; Hawkins, P.; Chochua, S.; Ochoa Woodell, Theresa Jean; Beall, B.; McGee, L.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/10996
Date: 2011

Abstract:

Streptococcus pneumoniae includes the two serotypes 6A and 6B as well as two recently discovered serotypes, 6C and 6D, in which the wciNα gene is replaced by wciNβ within the cps locus. Serotype 6D occurrence in Asia (2, 4), the Fiji islands (5) and Europe (7, 9) has recently been reported. To our knowledge, we describe here the first description of serotype 6D isolates identified within the Americas....

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