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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Glavni autori:	Annelies Wilder-Smith, Timothy M.S. Barkham, Sindhu Ravindran, Arul Earnest, Nicholas I. Paton
Format:	Artigo
Jezik:	Inglês
Izdano:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-01-01
Serija:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Teme:	meningococcal disease W135 N. meningitides Hajj pilgrims meningococcal carriage transmission to household contacts dispatch
Online pristup:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/1/02-0131_article
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