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Saliva, however, has a history as one of the most sensitive methods for surveillance of pneumococcal colonization and has recently been shown to improve carriage detection in older age groups. Here, we compared the sensitivity of paired nasopharyngeal and saliva samples from PCV7-vaccinated 24-month-old children for pneumococcal carriage detection using conventional and molecular detection methods. Nasopharyngeal and saliva samples were collected from 288 24-month-old children during the autumn\/winter, 2012\/2013. All samples were first processed by conventional diagnostic culture. Next, DNA extracted from all plate growth was tested by qPCR for the presence of the pneumococcal genes <jats:italic>piaB<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>lytA<\/jats:italic> and a subset of serotypes. By culture, 161\/288 (60\u200a%) nasopharyngeal swabs tested positive for pneumococcus, but detection was not possible from saliva due to abundant polymicrobial growth on culture plates. By qPCR, 155\/288 (54\u200a%) culture-enriched saliva samples and 187\/288 (65\u200a%) nasopharyngeal swabs tested positive. Altogether, 219\/288 (76\u200a%) infants tested positive for pneumococcus, with qPCR-based carriage detection of culture-enriched nasopharyngeal swabs detecting significantly more carriers compared to either conventional culture (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0.001) or qPCR detection of saliva (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.002). However, 32\/219 (15\u200a%) carriers were only positive in saliva, contributing significantly to the overall number of carriers detected (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.002). 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