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Prevalence of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children 7 to 14 years in 2016: A survey before pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in Iran

Manoochehr Karamia Research Center for Health Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran;b Brucellosis Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9026-3757View further author information
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Seyed Mehdi Hosseinic Vice-Chancellor for Research and Technology, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, IranView further author information
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Seyyed Hamid Hashemib Brucellosis Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranView further author information
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Sima Ghiasvandd Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranView further author information
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Omid Zareid Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranView further author information
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Nasim Safarid Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranView further author information
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Hossein Erfanie Center for Communicable Diseases Control, Ministry of Health & Medical Education, Tehran, IranView further author information
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Mohammad Yousef Alikhanib Brucellosis Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran;d Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 2178-2182 | Received 29 Jul 2018, Accepted 15 Oct 2018, Published online: 24 Jul 2019

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