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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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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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