Meningococcal Carriage among Adolescents after Mass Meningococcal C Conjugate Vaccination Campaigns in Salvador, Brazil

Neisseria meningitidis is a commensal bacterium of the human nasopharynx. In rare cases, it penetrates the mucosa, entering the blood stream and causing various forms of disease. Meningococcal conjugate vaccines can prevent invasive disease not only by direct effect in vaccinated individuals but als...

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Autores principales: Nunes, Amélia Maria Pithon Borges, Ribeiro, Guilherme Sousa, Ferreira, Ítalo Eustáquio, Moura, Ana Rafaela Silva Simões, Felzemburgh, Ridalva Dias Martins, de Lemos, Ana Paula Silva, Reis, Mitermayer Galvão, de Moraes, José Cassio, Campos, Leila Carvalho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5115742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27861618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166475

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5115742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27861618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166475

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