@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.47346-0, author = "Morais, Luis and Carvalho, Maria da Glória and Roca, Anna and Flannery, Brendan and Mandomando, Inacio and Soriano-Gabarró, Montserrat and Sigauque, Betuel and Alonso, Pedro and Beall, Bernard", title = "Sequential multiplex PCR for identifying pneumococcal capsular serotypes from south-Saharan African clinical isolates", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "2007", volume = "56", number = "9", pages = "1181-1184", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47346-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.47346-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention", abstract = "A serial multiplex PCR approach was reformulated for pneumococcal serotyping to test 153 clinical isolates from children in Mozambique. This approach identified serotypes in 139 (90.8 %) of 153 isolates; 126 (82.4 %) were identified within two reactions. This approach in developing countries would require minimal training and could provide useful serotype information without requiring transport of specimens.", }