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Saliva and Meningococcal Transmission
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2003.
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Abstract
- 1Neisseria meningitidis carriage was compared in swab specimens of nasopharynx, tonsils, and saliva taken from 258 students. We found a higher yield in nasopharyngeal than in tonsillar swabs (32% vs. 19%, p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Microbiology (medical)
Serotype
medicine.medical_specialty
Saliva
Adolescent
Epidemiology
Palatine Tonsil
Meningococcal vaccine
Neisseria meningitidis
medicine.disease_cause
Meningococcal disease
Palatine tonsil
Serology
stomatognathic system
Nasopharynx
Internal medicine
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
medicine
Humans
business.industry
Dispatch
respiratory system
medicine.disease
Meningococcal Infections
stomatognathic diseases
Infectious Diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
Carriage
England
Carrier State
Immunology
Female
Public Health
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10806059 and 10806040
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4ebd2a79901e2491f47317c3053b4a91
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0910.030344