Persistence of W135 Neisseria meningitidis Carriage in Returning Hajj Pilgrims: Risk for Early and Late Transmission to Household Contacts

After an outbreak of meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis W135, associated with the Hajj pilgrimage in 2001, 15% of returning vaccinated pilgrims carried a single W135 clone, and 55% were still carriers 6 months later. Transmission to 8% of their unvaccinated household contacts occ...

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Autores principales: Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Barkham, Timothy M.S., Ravindran, Sindhu, Earnest, Arul, Paton, Nicholas I.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12533295
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0901.020131

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12533295
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0901.020131

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