Lessons from meningococcal carriage studies

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-63

  Caugant, Dominique A ^a,b   Tzanakaki, Georgina ^c   Kriz, Paula ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carriage; Clones; MLST; Multiple carriage; Neisseria meningitidis; Populations

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE;

BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST; HUMAN; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; THROAT; THROAT CULTURE; TIME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

CARRIER STATE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEROTYPING;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 33846042245     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2006.00052.x     Document Type: Review

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