TY - JOUR AU - Žemličková, Helena AU - Urbášková, Pavla AU - Jakubů, Vladislav AU - Motlová, Jitka AU - Musílek, Martin AU - Procházka, Bohumír T1 - Clonal Distribution of Invasive Pneumococci, Czech Republic, 1996–2003 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 2 SP - 287 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We conducted surveillance on invasive pneumococci isolated from adults in the Czech Republic during 1996–2003. The 7 most prevalent serotypes were characterized. Coverage with the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was low. Our observations confirm that detection methods may have modified the expected effect of this vaccine. KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae KW - pneumococcal infections KW - molecular epidemiology KW - pneumococcal vaccines KW - bacteria KW - Czech Republic KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1602.080535 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/2/08-0535_article ER - End of Reference