Pharyngeal carriage rate of Neisseria meningitidis before and after the Hajj pilgrimage, in Zahedan (Southeastern Iran), 2012

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1317-1320

  Metanat, Maliheh ^a   Sharifi Mood, Batool ^a   Sanei Moghaddam, Sara ^a   Sepehri Rad, Nahid ^a  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hajj pilgrim; Neisseria meningitidis; Pharyngeal carriage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA SICCA; PHARYNX; PILGRIMAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGION; SAMPLING; THROAT CULTURE; VERY ELDERLY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HETEROZYGOTE; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947444388     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1405-7     Document Type: Article

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