Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 ST-2881

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1421-1423

  Boisier, Pascal ^a,d   Nicolas, Pierre ^b   Djibo, Saacou ^a   Hamidou, Amina Amadou ^a   Tenebray, Bernard ^b   Borrow, Raymond ^c   Chanteau, Suzanne ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire   (Niger)

^b WHO Collaborative Centre for Rickettsial Reference and Research   (France)

^c Manchester Medical Microbiology Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PREVALENCE; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 33749025042     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1209.051518     Document Type: Article

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