Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica among ethnic Greek school children from Russian immigrant families in Athens

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-20

  Kremastinou, Jenny ^a   Tzanakaki, Georgina ^a   Velonakis, Emmanuel ^a   Voyiatzi, Aliki ^a   Nickolaou, Alexandra ^b   Elton, Robert A ^c   Weir, Donald ^c   Blackwell, Caroline ^c  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^b PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immigrant population; Neisseria lactamica; Neisseria meningitidis; Parental smoking; Serogroup A

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEROTYPING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SMOKING;

EID: 0032972576     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00112-6     Document Type: Article

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