UKMenCar4: A cross-sectional survey of asymptomatic meningococcal carriage amongst UK adolescents at a period of low invasive meningococcal disease incidence [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

UKMenCar4: A cross-sectional survey of asymptomatic meningococcal carriage amongst UK adolescents at a period of low invasive meningococcal disease incidence [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis, the meningococcus, is a prerequisite for invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), a potentially devastating infection that disproportionately afflicts infants and children. Humans are the sole known reservoir for the meningococcus, and it is carried asymptomatically...

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Main Authors: Holly B. Bratcher, Charlene M. C. Rodrigues, Adam Finn, Mandy Wootton, J. Claire Cameron, Andrew Smith, Paul Heath, Shamez Ladhani, Matthew D. Snape, Andrew J. Pollard, Richard Cunningham, Raymond Borrow, Caroline Trotter, Stephen J. Gray, Martin C. J. Maiden, Jenny M. MacLennan
Format: Article
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Wellcome 2019-10-01
Serier:Wellcome Open Research
Online adgang:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/4-118/v2

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