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Meningococcal carriage and disease—Population biology and evolution
Meningococcal disease occurs worldwide with incidence rates varying from 1 to 1000 cases per 100,000. The causative organism, Neisseria meningitidis, is an obligate commensal of humans, which normally colonizes the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract without causing invasive disease, a phenomenon...
Autores principales: | Caugant, Dominique A., Maiden, Martin C.J. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier Science
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2719693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19464092 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.04.061 |
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