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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Is Associated With Increased Meningococcal Carriage Acquisition Among First-year Students in 2 South African Universities

BACKGROUND: Invasive meningococcal disease clusters occur among university students and may reflect higher carriage prevalence among this population. We aimed to measure meningococcal carriage prevalence, acquisition, and risk factors among first-year university students in South Africa. METHODS: In...

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Autores principales: Meiring, Susan, Cohen, Cheryl, de Gouveia, Linda, du Plessis, Mignon, Ganesh, Karistha, Kleynhans, Jackie, Quan, Vanessa, Tempia, Stefano, von Gottberg, Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8246797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32369560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa521