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Research Article

Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and pneumococcal urine antigen test in healthy elderly subjects

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Pages 433-438 | Received 10 Oct 2011, Accepted 07 Dec 2011, Published online: 21 Jan 2012

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