Serogroup C meningococcal disease outbreak associated with discotheque attendance during carnival

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-73

  Hauri, A M ^a   Ehrhard, I ^b   Frank, U ^c   Ammer, J ^c   Fell, G ^a   Hamouda, O ^a   Petersen, L ^a,d  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Co Admin Rottal Inn Pub H ^*  (Germany)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DANCING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033950639     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899003416     Document Type: Article

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