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Reservoir Streptococcus Pneumoniae Upper Respiratory Tract Urt Months

Front Reservoir for Streptococcus pneumoniae?
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• upper respiratory tract (URT)
• 6 months old: colonization
• immunity develops then ...
• further transient colonizations
• colonizing strains cause disease to self

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