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The changing pneumococci: adapting to vaccination and transitioning between colonization and disease
Acronym: TransPneumo
FCT reference: PTDC/DTP-EPI/1555/2014
Principal investigator: J. Melo-Cristino
Dates: 01-04-2016 to 31-03-2019
Publications
Diamantino-Miranda J, Aguiar SI, Carriço JA, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M. 2017. Clonal and serotype dynamics of serogroup 6 isolates causing invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal: 1999-2012. PLoS ONE 12:e0170354. (PMID: 28152029)
Horácio AN, Silva-Costa C, Lopes JP, Ramirez M, Melo-Cristino J, Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections. 2016. Serotype 3 remains the leading cause of invasive pneumococcal disease in adults in Portugal (2012-2014) despite continued reductions in other 13-valent conjugate vaccine serotypes. Front Microbiol 7:1616. (PMID: 27790208)