Carriage rates of Neisseria meningitidis serogroups: determination among freshmen conscripts before vaccination

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Neisseria meningitidis is transmitted from person-to-person. Thus, close contact with a healthy carrier can facilitate the spread of the bacteria and lead to life-threatening meningococcal disease. The aim of this study was to identify oropharyngeal carriers of N. meningit...

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Autores principales: Ataee, Ramezan Ali, Mehrabi-Tavana, Ali, Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad Javad, Kaviani, Farshad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5139924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27928488

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5139924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27928488

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