Persistence of W135 Neisseria meningitidis Carriage in Returning Hajj Pilgrims: Risk for Early and Late Transmission to Household Contacts

After an outbreak of meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis W135, associated with the Hajj pilgrimage in 2001, 15% of returning vaccinated pilgrims carried a single W135 clone, and 55% were still carriers 6 months later. Transmission to 8% of their unvaccinated household contacts occ...

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Huvudupphov:	Annelies Wilder-Smith, Timothy M.S. Barkham, Sindhu Ravindran, Arul Earnest, Nicholas I. Paton
Materialtyp:	Artigo
Språk:	Inglês
Utgiven:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-01-01
Serie:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Ämnen:	meningococcal disease W135 N. meningitides Hajj pilgrims meningococcal carriage transmission to household contacts dispatch
Länkar:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/1/02-0131_article
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