Prevalence of carriers of Neisseria meningitidis among migrants: Is migration changing the pattern of circulating meningococci?

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 311-313

  Tafuri, Silvio ^a   Prato, Rosa ^b   Martinelli, Domenico ^b   Germinario, Cinzia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE; VACCINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MIGRATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD;

AFRICA; CARRIER STATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOUSING; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865863559     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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