Pandemic Social Distancing and Declines in Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Pneumococcus and Related Antimicrobial-Resistant Genes: Evidence From Household-Based Cohort Studies in Lima, Peru
We observed a substantial reduction in the carriage of <i>S pneumoniae</i> and related ARGs in community-dwelling individuals during a pandemic period with intense social distancing in Lima, Peru.
Authors
- Omar Flores (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1883-3572)
- Stefano Rios (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3041-2770)
- Qingxia Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0507-1847)
- Mayra Ochoa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8002-3314)
- Cara Charnogursky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8911-1377)
- Lucie Ecker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6887-2356)
- Karen Beeri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5482-8872)
- Angela Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1565-4360)
- Huiding Chen
- Claudio F. Lanata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6994-7425)
- Leigh M. Howard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4301-7235)
- Rubelio Cornejo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2136-1759)
- Bia Peña (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5534-3658)
- Carlos Gabriel Grijalva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2329-7797)
- Ana I. Gil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0840-4483)
Institutions
- Instituto de Investigación Nutricional (PE)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-03-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf157
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.77