Genomics Reveals the Worldwide Distribution of Multidrug-Resistant Serotype 6E Pneumococci
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Andries J. van Tonder, James E. Bray, Lucy Roalfe, Rebecca White, Marta Zancolli, Sigríður J. Quirk, Gunnsteinn Haraldsson, Keith A. Jolley, Martin C. J. Maiden, Stephen D. Bentley, Ásgeir Haraldsson, Helga Erlendsdóttir, Karl G. Kristinsson, David Goldblatt, Angela B. Brueggemann Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom; University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland; Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom
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