TABLE 1.

Nasopharyngeal carriage of S. pneumoniae in healthy children and adults in two Chilean cities

Age group	Santiago						Temuco
	Contact			Day care			Day care and hospital staffa
	No. tested	No. positive	%	No. tested	No. positive	%	No. tested	No. positive	%
0–2 yr	26	11	42	97	57	59	35	5	14
2–4 yr	18	8	44	103	63	61	20	5	25
5–7 yr	48	17	35				10	3	30
7–15 yr	45	11	24				6	2	33
Adults	65	6	9				38	2	5
Total	202	53	26	200	120	60	107	17	16

^aChildren, aged 0 to 15 years, were in day care; adults were healthy health care workers.