Absence of Neisseria meningitidis W-135 Electrophoretic Type 37 during the Hajj, 2002

We document the absence of carriage of Neisseria meningitidis W-135 of the sequence type 11 in returning pilgrims after the Hajj 2002. This finding contrasts with the 15% carriage rate we previously reported in pilgrims returning from the Hajj 2001. The epidemiology of carriage may be changing or ma...

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Autores principales: Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Barkham, Timothy M.S., Chew, Suok Kai, Paton, Nicholas I.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12781018
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0906.020725
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author Wilder-Smith, Annelies
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Chew, Suok Kai
Paton, Nicholas I.
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description We document the absence of carriage of Neisseria meningitidis W-135 of the sequence type 11 in returning pilgrims after the Hajj 2002. This finding contrasts with the 15% carriage rate we previously reported in pilgrims returning from the Hajj 2001. The epidemiology of carriage may be changing or may have been controlled by vaccination and a policy of administering antibiotics to pilgrims from countries with a high incidence of meningococcal disease.
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spelling pubmed-30001472010-12-16 Absence of Neisseria meningitidis W-135 Electrophoretic Type 37 during the Hajj, 2002 Wilder-Smith, Annelies Barkham, Timothy M.S. Chew, Suok Kai Paton, Nicholas I. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We document the absence of carriage of Neisseria meningitidis W-135 of the sequence type 11 in returning pilgrims after the Hajj 2002. This finding contrasts with the 15% carriage rate we previously reported in pilgrims returning from the Hajj 2001. The epidemiology of carriage may be changing or may have been controlled by vaccination and a policy of administering antibiotics to pilgrims from countries with a high incidence of meningococcal disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3000147/ /pubmed/12781018 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0906.020725 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Wilder-Smith, Annelies
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Absence of Neisseria meningitidis W-135 Electrophoretic Type 37 during the Hajj, 2002
title Absence of Neisseria meningitidis W-135 Electrophoretic Type 37 during the Hajj, 2002
title_full Absence of Neisseria meningitidis W-135 Electrophoretic Type 37 during the Hajj, 2002
title_fullStr Absence of Neisseria meningitidis W-135 Electrophoretic Type 37 during the Hajj, 2002
title_full_unstemmed Absence of Neisseria meningitidis W-135 Electrophoretic Type 37 during the Hajj, 2002
title_short Absence of Neisseria meningitidis W-135 Electrophoretic Type 37 during the Hajj, 2002
title_sort absence of neisseria meningitidis w-135 electrophoretic type 37 during the hajj, 2002
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000147/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0906.020725
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