Fig. 4
From: Carriage of upper respiratory tract pathogens in rural communities of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
Serotypes of the S. pneumoniae isolated. Bar plot showing the observed numbers for each serotype identified for the 21 pneumococcal isolates collected from the oropharynx, nasopharynx, nose and mouth of participants recruited from rural communities in Sarawak, Malaysia in April 2016. ND: Not determined. PCV: pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, NVT: Non-vaccine type. Both serotype 3 S. pneumoniae were isolated from the same participant, one from the nasopharynx the other from the oropharynx. Two of the serotype 7C S. pneumoniae were isolated from the same participant, one from the nasopharynx the other from the nose. Both serotype 10A S. pneumoniae were isolated from the same participant, one from the nasopharynx the other from the nose. 6 of the un-typed S. pneumoniae were isolated from 3 participants with each having S. pneumoniae isolated from the nasopharynx and nose