MicrobiologybioRxiv
Evaluation of pneumococcal serotyping in nasopharyngeal carriage isolates by latex agglutination, whole genome sequencing (PneumoCaT) and DNA microarray in a high pneumococcal carriage prevalence population in Malawi
T. D. Swarthout, A. Gori, N. Bar-Zeev…·N. French
The paper evaluates three pneumococcal serotyping methods in Malawi, finding high concordance between latex agglutination, whole genome sequencing, and DNA microarray, with microarray improving detection of low-abundance vaccine serotypes.
DOI 10.1128/jcm.02103-20