A case-control study on the risk factors for meningococcal disease among children in Greece

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Hadjichristodoulou, Christos ^a   Mpalaouras, George ^a   Vasilopoulou, Vasiliki ^b   Katsioulis, Antonios ^a   Rachiotis, George ^a   Theodoridou, Kalliopi ^b   Tzanakaki, Georgia ^c   Syriopoulou, Vassiliki ^b   Theodoridou, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN 2; MBL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MBL2 GENE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PATERNAL SMOKING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; BLOOD; GENETICS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84978162009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158524     Document Type: Article

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