Hands are vehicles for transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae in novel controlled human infection study

Victoria Connor, Esther German, Sherin Pojar, Elena Mitsi, Caroline Hales, Elissavet Nikolaou, Angela Hyder-Wright, Hugh Adler, Seher Zaidi, Helen Hill, Simon P. Jochems, Hassan Burhan, Neil French, Timothy Tobery, Jamie Rylance, Daniela M. Ferreira

Source: Eur Respir J, 52 (4) 1800599; 10.1183/13993003.00599-2018
Journal Issue: October
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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