Maternal pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage and risk factors for neonatal carriage after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in The Gambia

摘要

Objectives: Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage occurs early in life. However, the role of vertical transmission is not well understood. The aims of this study were to describe carriage among mothers and their newborns, and to assess for risk factors for neonatal carriage.