A spitting image: molecular diagnostics applied to saliva enhance detection of streptococcus pneumoniae and pneumococcal serotype carriage

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  • who: Willem R. Miellet from the Centre National de Greffe de la Moelle Pfizer, United States University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, Centre for Infectious Disease Control have published the research: A spitting image: molecular diagnostics applied to saliva enhance detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae and pneumococcal serotype carriage, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
  • what: The authors evaluated saliva testing for carriage surveillance and vaccine studies and propose a protocol that enhances the specificity of molecular methods for the detection of live pneumococcus in oral fluids.
  • how: Inter-laboratory reproducibility of the protocol was tested . . .

     

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