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Carriage prevalence of Neisseria meningitidis in the Americas in the 21st century: a systematic review

Neisseria meningitidis is a bacterium that colonizes the human nasopharynx and is transmitted by respiratory droplets from asymptomatic or symptomatic carriers. Occasionally, the pathogen invades the mucosa and enters the bloodstream, causing invasive meningococcal disease, a life-threatening infect...

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Autores principales: Santos-Neto, José Francisco, Ferreira, Viviane Matos, Feitosa, Caroline Alves, Martinez-Silveira, Martha Silvia, Campos, Leila Carvalho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9427833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31344352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2019.06.006