Hands are vehicles for transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae in novel controlled human infection study. Issue 4 (11th October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Connor, Victoria; German, Esther; Pojar, Sherin; Mitsi, Elena; Hales, Caroline; Nikolaou, Elissavet; Hyder-Wright, Angela; Adler, Hugh; Zaidi, Seher; Hill, Helen; Jochems, Simon P.; Burhan, Hassan; French, Neil; Tobery, Timothy; Rylance, Jamie; Ferreira, Daniela M.
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 52:Issue 4(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-10-11
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00599-2018
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

Abstract

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is a major cause of acute otitis media, sinusitis, pneumonia and meningitis worldwide [1]. More than 1.2 million infant deaths are attributed to S. pneumoniae annually [2]. Hands can be vehicles for of transmission of pneumococcus leading to nasopharyngeal colonisation, even after drying http://ow.ly/svlu30liKqP