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Secondary cases of meningococcal infection among close family and household contacts in England and Wales, 1984-7.

To determine the incidence of secondary meningococcal infection in close family and household contacts of index patients and to review the efficacy of chemoprophylaxis the records of 3256 cases occurring from 1984 through 1987 were examined. Seventeen secondary cases (0.5%) of infection were identif...

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Main Authors: Cooke, R. P., Riordan, T., Jones, D. M., Painter, M. J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1989
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1835902/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2495111
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