W135 meningococcal carriage in Hajj pilgrims [16]

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9350, 2002, Pages 2089-2090

  Hahné, Susan ^a   Handford, Sarah ^a   Ramsay, Mary ^a  

^a Pub Hlth Lab Svc C Dis S Ctr   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VACCINE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037153710     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11991-X     Document Type: Letter

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