Factors associated with pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis among Israel Defense Force personnel at the end of their compulsory service

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-57

  Block, C ^a   Gdalevich, M ^d   Buber, R ^d   Ashkenazi, I ^d   Ashkenazi, S ^b   Keller, N ^c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c National Centre for Meningococci   (Israel)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MILITARY SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SMOKING; THROAT CULTURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033054466     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001769     Document Type: Article

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