Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae in adults may occur through saliva

Of 742 army recruits tested for pneumococcal nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal carriage, 6·6% were positive. Frequent sharing of a drinking glass/bottle was a common, strong and independent risk factor for pneumococcal carriage. Our findings strongly suggest, for the first time, that in young adults, tra...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epidemiology and infection 2012-03, Vol.140 (3), p.561-565
Hauptverfasser:	LEVINE, H., ZARKA, S., DAGAN, R., SELA, T., ROZHAVSKI, V., COHEN, D. I., BALICER, R. D.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Antibiotics Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Carrier State - epidemiology Carrier State - microbiology Carrier State - transmission Confidence intervals Cross-Sectional Studies Disease transmission Disease Transmission, Infectious Epidemics Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Health behavior Health care Households Humans Male Microbiology Military Personnel Miscellaneous Multivariate analysis Nasopharynx - microbiology Neighborhoods Oropharynx - microbiology Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology Pneumococcal Infections - transmission Population Questionnaires Regression analysis Risk factors Saliva - microbiology Sociodemographics Socioeconomic factors Streptococcus infections Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification Young Adult Young adults
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