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Meningococcal carriage in children and young adults: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study, Iceland, 2019 to 2021

BACKGROUND: Neisseria meningitidis is a commensal bacterium which can cause invasive disease. Colonisation studies are important to guide vaccination strategies. AIM: The study’s aim was to determine the prevalence of meningococcal colonisation, duration of carriage and distribution of genogroups in...

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Autores principales: Kristinsdottir, Iris, Visser, Linda J, Miellet, Willem R, Mariman, Rob, Pluister, Gerlinde, Haraldsson, Gunnsteinn, Haraldsson, Asgeir, Trzciński, Krzysztof, Thors, Valtyr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10540516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37768562
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.39.2300215