UKMenCar4: A cross-sectional survey of asymptomatic meningococcal carriage amongst UK adolescents at a period of low invasive meningococcal disease incidence

Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis, the meningococcus, is a prerequisite for invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), a potentially devastating infection that disproportionately afflicts infants and children. Humans are the sole known reservoir for the meningococcus, and it is carried asymptomatically...

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Autores principales: Bratcher, Holly B., Rodrigues, Charlene M. C., Finn, Adam, Wootton, Mandy, Cameron, J. Claire, Smith, Andrew, Heath, Paul, Ladhani, Shamez, Snape, Matthew D., Pollard, Andrew J., Cunningham, Richard, Borrow, Raymond, Trotter, Caroline, Gray, Stephen J., Maiden, Martin C. J., MacLennan, Jenny M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2019
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6749934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31544158
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15362.2

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