Nasopharyngeal carriage rate and serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis in Turkish recruits upon entry to the military;Askere yeni katılan türk askerlerinde Neisseria meningitidis nazofaringeal taşiyıcılık oranı ve serogrupları

TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 447-450

  Celal Basustaoglu A ^a   Bedir, Orhan ^a   Yilmaz, Soner ^a   Kiliç, Abdullah ^a   Gümral, Ramazan ^a   Mert, Gürkan ^b   Beşirbellioǧlu, Bülent ^b  

^a GATF Tibbi Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dali   (Turkey)

^b GATF Enfeksiyon Hastaliklari Anabilim Dali   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carriage; Neisseria meningitidis; Turkish recruits

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SCREENING TEST; SEROTYPE; SOLDIER; THROAT CULTURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 80052704322     PISSN: 1303734X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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