Carriage rates and risk factors during an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C ST-11 (cc11) in Tuscany, Italy: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: During 2015–2016 an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease due to N. meningitidis serogroup C ST-11 (cc11) occurred in Tuscany, Italy. The outbreak affected mainly the age group 20–30 years, men who have sex with men, and the area located between the cities of Firenze, Prato and Empo...

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Autores principales: Miglietta, Alessandro, Innocenti, Francesco, Pezzotti, Patrizio, Riccobono, Eleonora, Moriondo, Maria, Pecile, Patrizia, Nieddu, Francesco, Rossolini, Gian Maria, Azzari, Chiara, Balocchini, Emanuela, Rezza, Giovanni, Voller, Fabio, Stefanelli, Paola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6323866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30621624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3598-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6323866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30621624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3598-3

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