Neisseria meningitidis W-135 carriage during the Hajj season 2003

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 264-268

  Balkhy, Hanan H ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^a   Almuneef, Maha A ^a   Osoba, Abimbola O ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLAM; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP W-135; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 2642552233     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410020082     Document Type: Review

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