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Nasal carriage rate and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Neisseria meningitidis in healthy Ethiopian children and adolescents: A cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Community nasal meningococcal carriage rates are high across Africa. Meningococcal infections are major causes of morbidity and mortality in the continent; especially among children and adolescents. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of nasal carriage and antibiotic susceptibil...

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Autores principales: Alemayehu, Tinsae, Mekasha, Amha, Abebe, Tamrat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5658183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29073269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187207