Association between influenza and pneumococcal carriage in patients with severe acute respiratory infection in Malawi

PNEUMOCOCCAL CARRIAGE IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION IN MALAWI Antonia Ho1,2, Dean Everett1,2, Mavis Menyere1, Moses Chilombe1, Marc-Alain Widdowson3, Meredith McMorrow3, Jane Mallewa1,4, Robert S. Heyderman1,5, Neil French2 1Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Malawi, 2Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, UK, 3Influenza Division, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US, 4College of Medicine, University of Malawi, 5Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK