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Overview of study recruitment.
One CP withdrew consent prior to blood sampling, one CP was found to be ineligible for study entry according to inclusion criteria, one AHC was excluded from 1-month serology analysis due to insufficient sample. AHC, adult healthy control; CHC, child healthy control; CP, child patient; IgG, pneumococcal serology; LSS, lymphocyte subsets; OPA, opsonophagocytic assay.
