The PI propose to conduct a genomic epidemiology study of pneumococcal carriage among children and adults in a large metropolitan city. These data will allow PI to assess the post-pandemic population structure, investigate the phylogenetic relationship between isolates from children and adults, and compare pneumococcal populations across diverse geographic areas.
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Pneumococcal carriage prevalence and distribution of serotypes among children and adults calculated from the results of S. pneumoniae isolation using qPCR.
Timeframe: 22 months