TABLE 2.

First pneumococcal carriage episode duration (six commonest serotypes)

Serotype	Number of episodes	Median carriage duration (days) (95% CI)	Mean carriage duration (days) (95% CI)
6B	13	121 (90–153)	119 (93–145)
14	8	62 (30–151)	86 (45–128)
19F	21	213 (63–243)	231 (154–308)
23F	21	184 (62–277)	176 (124–229)
35F	9	121 (30–180)	124 (66–182)
NT	33	31 (31–61)	72 (44–99)

NT, non-typeable.