Nasopharyngeal_microbiota_in_Maela_Thailand

A longitudinal study was undertaken for 21 infants living in the Maela refugee camp on the Thailand-Burma border between 2007 and 2010. Nasopharyngeal swabs were collected monthly, from birth to 24 months of age, with additional swabs taken if the infant was diagnosed with pneumonia according to WHO clinical criteria. At the time of collection, swabs were cultured for Streptococcus pneumoniae and multiple serotype carriage was assessed. The 16S rRNA gene profiles of these 544 swabs were analysed to see how the microbiota changes with age, respiratory infection, and pneumococcal acquisition. This data is part of a pre-publication release. For information on the proper use of pre-publication data shared by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (including details of any publication moratoria), please see http://www.sanger.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/policies/open-access-science