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Exposure of mice to DEPs before infection only does not result in bacterial dissemination into the lungs or blood. Mice were exposed to DEPs for 6 days before induction of pneumococcal carriage (no DEP exposure after infection) and culled at day 4 after infection to assess nasopharyngeal (A), lung (B), and blood (C) CFUs.
