Neisseria meningitidis Carriage during an Outbreak of Serogroup C Disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1183-1188

  Patrick, David M ^a   Champagne, Sylvie ^a   Goh, Swee Han ^a   Arsenault, Gillian ^c   Thomas, Eva ^b   Shaw, Carol ^a   Rahim, Tazim ^a   Taha, Fatma ^a   Bigham, Mark ^a   Dubenko, Valerie ^a   Skowronski, Danuta ^a   Brunham, Robert C ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c South Fraser Health Region   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEROTYPING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0242574972     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378743     Document Type: Article

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