Clonal Distribution of Invasive Pneumococcal Isolates from Children and Selected Adults in the United States Prior to 7-Valent Conjugate Vaccine Introduction

Volume 41, no. 9, p. 4149-4216, 2003. Page 4196, Table 2, column 5, line 1: “95 (20)” should read “95.2 (20).”

Page 4196, Table 2, column 5, line 28: “3.8 (78)” should read “38 (78).”

Page 4196, Table 2, column 5, line 31: “1.0 (2)” should read “1 (2).”

Page 4196, Table 2, column 5, line 41: “7.2 (59)” should read “72 (59).”

Page 4196, Table 2, column 5, line 56: “7.9 (46)” should read “71.9 (46).”

Page 4196, Table 2, footnote b should read as follows. “Based on a combination of MLST and PFGE data. The cumulative data indicate that the majority of isolates that are within the same serotype and that also have a dice coefficient similarity of >80% are within the same CC or single ST lineage (five or more alleles in common with other member[s] of the complex).”