Nasal and hand carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children and mothers in the Tari Basin of Papua New Guinea.
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.
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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