Acquisition of meningococcal serogroup W-135 carriage in turkish hajj pilgrims who had received the quadrivalent meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-68

  Ceyhan, M ^a   Celik, M ^a   Demir, E T ^a   Gurbuz, V ^a   Aycan, A E ^a   Unal, S ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGION; THROAT CULTURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TURKISH HAJJ PILGRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; CROWDING; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP W-135; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 84872234050     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00314-12     Document Type: Article

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