:: Selected publications

• Leino et al.: Clustering of carriage in a longitudinal study of Streptococcus pneumoniae in three day care centres. BMC Infectious Diseases, 2008.



• Varvio et al.: Dichotomous evolution of the capsular genome in Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Infect Dis, 2009, in press



• Granat et al.: Epidemiological evidence for serotype independent acquired immunity to pneumococcal carriage. J Infect Dis, 200:99-106, 2009



• Hoti et al.: The micro-epidemic dynamics of pneumococcal transmission in day care groups and families. BMC Infect Dis, 9:102, 2009



• Rinta-Kokko et al.: Estimation of serotype specific vaccine efficacy against acquisition of pneumococcal carriage. Vaccine, 27(29):3831-3837, 2009



• Erästö et al.: Modelling multi-type transmission of pneumococcal carriage in Bangladeshi families. In submission.



• Auranen et al.: The effect of serotype competition on acquisition and clearance of pneumococcal carriage - a longitudinal study of day care children. In submission.