Hands are vehicles for transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae in novel controlled human infection study

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is a major cause of acute otitis media, sinusitis, pneumonia and meningitis worldwide [1]. More than 1.2 million infant deaths are attributed to S. pneumoniae annually [2]. Hands can be vehicles for of transmission of pneumococcus leading to nasopharyngeal colonisation, even after drying http://ow.ly/svlu30liKqP

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