Carriage of Neisseria Species in Communities with Different Rates of Meningococcal Disease

Carriage of Neisseria Species in Communities with Different Rates of Meningococcal Disease

A single clone, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C (C:2a:P1.2), was isolated from seven patients during a cluster of cases of meningococcal disease in Ontario in 1989. To determine whether the clone was present in asymptomatic individuals in the same population, pharyngeal swabs were taken from 7% (...

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Main Authors: Nicole Le Saux, Fraser Ashton, Maksudar Rahman, Alan Ryan, Edward Ellis, Susan Tamblyn, Joan Morris, Al Borczyk, Caroll Mallory, Donald Mikel, Stephen Thompson, Lyall Black, Barbara Lacey, Chandar Anand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1992-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1992/928727
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