Prevalence of Neisseria meningitidis carriers in the school population of Catalonia, Spain

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 425-433

  Dominguez A ^a,d   Cardenosa N ^a   Izquierdo, C ^a   Sanchez F ^b   Margall, N ^b   Vazquez J A ^c   Salleras, L ^a  

^a GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PARENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; TEMPERATURE; THROAT CULTURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0035696809     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268801006173     Document Type: Article

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