Pneumococcal pneumonia remains a global health problem. Pneumococcal colonization increases local and systemic protective immunity, suggesting that nasal administration of live attenuated (Spn) strains could help prevent infections. We used a controlled human infection model to investigate whether nasopharyngeal colonization with attenuated strains protected against recolonization with wild-type (WT) Spn (SpnWT).
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