title: Nasal and hand carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children and mothers in the Tari Basin of Papua New Guinea.
abstract: Nasal and hand carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae was looked at in 55 families. Overall nasal carriage was 61% (83% in children and 33% in mothers). Hand carriage was 14%. Just over half of the mothers who carried pneumococcus were concordant with their infants.
authors.affiliation: Tari Research Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pickering
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification