Nasopharyngeal competition dynamics are likely to be altered following vaccine introduction: bacteriocin prevalence and diversity among Icelandic and Kenyan pneumococci
Madeleine EB Butler, Melissa J. Jansen van Rensburg, Angela Karani, Benedict Mvera, Donald O. Akech, Asma Akter, Calum Forrest, Andries J. van Tonder, Sigríður Júlía Quirk, Gunnsteinn Haraldsson, Stephen D. Bentley, Helga Erlendsdóttir, Ásgeir Haraldsson, Karl Gustaf Kristinsson, J. Anthony G. Scott, Angela B. Brueggemann
The paper examines changes in bacteriocin prevalence and diversity in pneumococci from Iceland and Kenya before and after vaccine introduction, showing vaccine-induced shifts in bacterial population structure.
Microbial Genomics · Jul 12, 2023Peer-reviewedGenomics