Sequential multiplex PCR for identifying pneumococcal capsular serotypes from south-Saharan African clinical isolates 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,, 56, 1181-1184 (2007), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47346-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 0022-2615, 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., language=, type=