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Changes in pneumococcal serotypes and antibiotypes carried by vaccinated and unvaccinated day-care centre attendees in Portugal, a country with widespread use of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine by Sá-Leão, R., Nunes, S., Brito-Avô, A., Frazão, N., Simões, A.S., Crisóstomo, M.I., Paulo, A.C.S., Saldanha, J., Santos-Sanches, I., de Lencastre, H.

“…The seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) has been available in Portugal since June 2001, but is not included in the National Vaccination Plan…”
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Description of macrolide-resistant and potential virulent clones of Streptococcus pyogenes causing asymptomatic colonization during 2000–2006 in the Lisbon area by Pires, R., Rolo, D., Morais, A., Brito-Avô, A., Johansson, C., Henriques-Normark, B., Gonçalo-Marques, J., Santos-Sanches, I.

“…The asymptomatic oropharyngeal colonization rate by Streptococcus pyogenes was 10.7% in children (901 among 8,405 children 0–16 years old) and 3.3% in adults…”
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Trends in Drug Resistance, Serotypes, and Molecular Types of Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonizing Preschool-Age Children Attending Day Care Centers in Lisbon, Portugal: a Summary of 4 Years of Annual Surveillance by NUNES, S, SA-LEAO, R, CARRICO, J, ALVES, C. R, MATO, R, BRITO AVO, A, SALDANHA, J, ALMEIDA, J. S, SANTOS SANCHES, I, DE LENCASTRE, H

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Natural history of drug-resistant clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing healthy children in Portugal by Mato, R, Sanches, I Santos, Simas, C, Nunes, S, Carriço, J A, Sousa, N G, Frazão, N, Saldanha, J, Brito-Avô, A, Almeida, J S, de Lencastre, H

“…A total of 3,539 Streptococcus pneumoniae (Pn) were recovered from 4,969 nasopharyngeal samples of children attending 13 day-care centers (DCCs) located in…”
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Overview of e-Bug: an antibiotic and hygiene educational resource for schools by McNulty, Cliodna A. M., Lecky, Donna M., Farrell, David, Kostkova, Patty, Adriaenssens, Niels, Koprivová Herotová, Tereza, Holt, Jette, Touboul, Pia, Merakou, Kyriakoula, Koncan, Raffaella, Olczak-Pienkowska, Anna, Brito Avô, António, Campos, José

“…Antibiotic resistance is an increasing community problem and is related to antibiotic use. If antibiotic use could be reduced, the tide of increasing…”
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Resistance to bacitracin in Streptococcus pyogenes from oropharyngeal colonization and noninvasive infections in Portugal was caused by two clones of distinct virulence genotypes by Pires, Renato, Rolo, Dora, Mato, Rosario, Feio de Almeida, João, Johansson, Christina, Henriques-Normark, Birgitta, Morais, Ana, Brito-Avô, António, Gonçalo-Marques, José, Santos-Sanches, Ilda

“…During 2000-2007 in Lisbon, we identified 45 bacitracin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes isolates among 1629 isolates: 24 from oropharyngeal healthy carriers…”
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Carriage of Internationally Spread Clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae with Unusual Drug Resistance Patterns in Children Attending Day Care Centers in Lisbon, Portugal by Sá-Leão, Raquel, Tomasz, Alexander, Sanches, Ilda Santos, Brito-Avô, António, Vilhelmsson, Sigurdur E., Kristinsson, Karl G., de Lencastre, Hermínia

“…Over half (259/503) of drug-resistant (DR) pneumococci colonizing healthy children attending day care centers in Lisbon were identified by molecular typing…”
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Developing e-Bug web games to teach microbiology by Farrell, David, Kostkova, Patty, Lazareck, Lisa, Weerasinghe, Dasun, Weinberg, Julius, Lecky, Donna M., Adriaenssens, Niels, Koprivová Herotová, Tereza, Holt, Jette, Touboul, Pia, Merakou, Kyriakoula, Koncan, Raffaella, Olczak-Pienkowska, Anna, Brito Avô, António, Campos, José, McNulty, Cliodna A. M.

“…As a complement to the e-Bug teaching pack, two e-Bug games were developed to provide content that aimed to entertain as well as to educate. A set of agreed…”
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Implementation of the e-Bug Project in Portugal by Brito Avô, António, Costa, Cristina, Amann, Gregória, Gaspar, Maria João, Batista, Isabel

“…In Portugal, the need for health educational campaigns to reduce antibiotic misuse, and the implementation of handwashing and hygiene measures to reduce…”
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Effect of the Seven-Valent Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccine on Carriage and Drug Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Healthy Children Attending Day-Care Centers in Lisbon by Frazão, Nelson, Brito-Avô, António, Simas, Carla, Saldanha, Joana, Mato, Rosario, Nunes, Sónia, Sousa, Natacha G, Carriço, João A, Almeida, Jonas S, Santos-Sanches, Ilda, de Lencastre, Hermínia

“…AIMS:Prospective study to evaluate the impact of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Prevenar) on the nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage of drug-resistant…”
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Evaluating the online activity of users of the e-Bug web site by de Quincey, Ed, Kostkova, Patty, Jawaheer, Gawesh, Farrell, David, McNulty, Cliodna A. M., Weinberg, Julius

“…Web server log analysis is being increasingly used to evaluate the user behaviour on healthcare resource web sites due to the detailed record of activity that…”
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Carriage of respiratory tract pathogens and molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in healthy children attending day care centers in Lisbon, Portugal by De Lencastre, H, Kristinsson, K G, Brito-Avô, A, Sanches, I S, Sá-Leão, R, Saldanha, J, Sigvaldadottir, E, Karlsson, S, Oliveira, D, Mato, R, Aires de Sousa, M, Tomasz, A

“…In an effort to establish the rate of carriage of antibiotic resistant respiratory pathogens in children attending urban day care centers (DCC) in Portugal,…”
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Carriage and antibiotic resistance of respiratory pathogens and molecular epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing children in day-care centers in Lisbon : the Portuguese day-care center initiative: Drug-resistant pathogens of the respiratory tract: Prevalence, risk factors and intervention strategies by DE LENCASTRE, H, SANTOS SANCHES, I, BRITO-AVO, A, SA-LEAO, R, SALDANHA, J, KRISTINSSON, K. G, TOMASZ, A

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