TY - INPR AV - public ID - discovery10085103 SN - 1535-4970 KW - Colonisation KW - Human infection model KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae KW - alveolar macrophages A1 - Brown, JS N2 - Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common cause of bacterial pneumonia especially in the elderly or those with significant comorbidities, and is also frequently associated with exacerbations of COPD (1, 2). Existing S. pneumoniae vaccines have partial strain coverage, may lack efficacy in high risk groups, and generally seem to have poorer efficacy against pulmonary compared to systemic infection (3,4). Hence alternative strategies to conventional vaccines maybe required to prevent the persisting high morbidity and mortality caused by S. pneumoniae lung infections. UR - https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201910-2047ED Y1 - 2019/10/30/ JF - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine N1 - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions. TI - Improving Pulmonary Immunity to Bacterial Pathogens Through Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonisation of the Nasopharynx ER -