Hospitalized pneumococcal bacteremia incidence rates by year and age in rural Thailand, May 2005 to March 2010.

<p>Overall incidence 3.5 per 100,000 person-years, 95% CI (3.1, 4.1).</p

Hospitalized pneumococcal bacteremia in 2 rural Thai provinces, May 2005-Mar 2010: a. Median monthly case counts, b. Median monthly case counts during four consecutive December-March vs. April-November periods^*.

<p>*p-values represent Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test comparisons.</p

Clinical characteristics of patients with blood culture and hospitalized pneumococcal bacteremia cases in rural Thailand, May 2005–March 2010.

<p>Clinical characteristics of patients with blood culture and hospitalized pneumococcal bacteremia cases in rural Thailand, May 2005–March 2010.</p

Clinical, epidemiological and microbiological features of 31 human cases of <i>Streptococcus suis</i> infection in Phayao Province, 2010.

<p>Three possible clusters in the district of Muang Phayao (PC I), the districts of Chiang Kham, Chun and Pong (PC II), and the districts of Dok Khantai and Chun (PC III) are shown.</p><p>*The pulsotype was designated as previously described <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0031265#pone.0031265-Kerdsin1" target="_blank">[4]</a>. A2^**, Serotype 2 with pulsotype A2 was the causative pathogen of a cluster of three cases. MLST, multilocus sequence type; ST, sequence typing.</p

Monthly distribution of human cases of <i>Streptococcus suis</i> infection in each district in Phayao Province in 2010.

<p>Monthly distribution of human cases of <i>Streptococcus suis</i> infection in each district in Phayao Province in 2010.</p