Prevalence and epidemiology of meningococcal carriage in Southern Ethiopia prior to implementation of MenAfriVac, a conjugate vaccine

BACKGROUND: Neisseria meningitidis colonizes humans and transmits mainly by asymptomatic carriage. We sought to determine the prevalence and epidemiology of meningococcal carriage in Ethiopia prior to the introduction of MenAfriVac, a serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine. METHODS: A cross-sec...

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Autores principales: Bårnes, Guro K., Kristiansen, Paul A., Beyene, Demissew, Workalemahu, Bereket, Fissiha, Paulos, Merdekios, Behailu, Bohlin, Jon, Préziosi, Marie-Pierre, Aseffa, Abraham, Caugant, Dominique A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5097444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27814682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1975-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5097444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27814682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1975-3

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