Lack of immunity in university students before an outbreak of serogroup C meningococcal infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1172-1175

  Jones, Graeme R ^a,c   Williams, Jeannette N ^a   Christodoulides, Myron ^a   Jolley, Keith ^a,b   Heckels, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0034072866     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315352     Document Type: Article

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