2010
Capacity of serotype 19A and 15B/C Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates for experimental otitis media: Implications for the conjugate vaccine
Laufer AS, Thomas JC, Figueira M, Gent JF, Pelton SI, Pettigrew MM. Capacity of serotype 19A and 15B/C Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates for experimental otitis media: Implications for the conjugate vaccine. Vaccine 2010, 28: 2450-2457. PMID: 20067753, PMCID: PMC2851619, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.12.078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerotype 19ASerotype 15B/CChinchilla otitis media modelMiddle ear infectionOtitis media modelDisease prevention effortsStreptococcus pneumoniae isolatesExperimental otitis mediaStreptococcus pneumoniae serotypesQuantitative PCRConjugate vaccineOtitis mediaEar infectionsPneumoniae isolatesVaccine formulationsPneumoniae serotypesSame sequence typeVaccine targetsPrevention effortsPathogenic potentialDifferent serotypesSequence typesSerotypesIsolatesVaccine
2009
Comparison of Sexual Partnership Characteristics and Associations with Inconsistent Condom Use among a Sample of Adolescents and Adult Women Diagnosed with Chlamydia trachomatis
Foulkes HB, Pettigrew MM, Livingston KA, Niccolai LM. Comparison of Sexual Partnership Characteristics and Associations with Inconsistent Condom Use among a Sample of Adolescents and Adult Women Diagnosed with Chlamydia trachomatis. Journal Of Women's Health 2009, 18: 393-399. PMID: 19245304, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.0840.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInconsistent condom useCondom useSexual partnershipsPrevalent chlamydia infectionSexual partnership characteristicsPartner age differenceChlamydia infectionMain partnershipsChlamydia trachomatisAdult womenPrevention effortsSexual relationshipsAdolescent femalesPartnership durationFemale adolescentsPartnership characteristicsSample of adolescentsShort durationAdolescentsInfectionWomenDurationType of partner