Risk factors for Neisseria meningitidis carriage in a school during a community outbreak of meningococcal infection

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-266

  Davies, A L ^a,d   O'Flanagan, D ^b   Salmon, R L ^a   Coleman, T J ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b POWYS TEACHING HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^c HEREFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINORRHEA; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0029969709     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800001436     Document Type: Article

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