Young-adult carriers of Neisseria meningitidis in Puglia (Italy): Will the pattern of circulating meningococci change following the introduction of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccines?

Human Vaccines

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1025-1027

  Germinario, Cinzia ^a   Tafuri, Silvio ^a   Napoli, Christian ^a   Montagna, Maria Teresa ^a   Balducci, Maria Teresa ^a   Fortunato, Francesca ^b   Martinelli, Domenico ^b   Prato, Rosa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carriage; Meningococcal serogroup C; Neisseria meningitidis; Quadrivalent conjugate meningococcal vaccine

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; ITALY; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEROTYPING; STUDENTS; VACCINES, CONJUGATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751658663     PISSN: 15548600     EISSN: 15548619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.6.12.13145     Document Type: Article

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