Oral and anal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis among sexually active HIV-infected men who have sex with men in Denmark 2014–15

Oral and anal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis among sexually active HIV-infected men who have sex with men in Denmark 2014–15

Introduction: Outbreaks of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) among men who have sex with men (MSM) caused by a hypervirulent, non-encapsulated Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) clone belonging to genogroup C have been described. We aimed to determine the oral and anal carriage rates and genogroups of N...

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Main Authors: Michaela Tinggaard, Hans-Christian Slotved, Kurt Fuursted, Maiken Worsøe Rosenstierne, Gitte Kronborg, Anne-Mette Lebech, Kristina Thorsteinsson, Terese L. Katzenstein, Merete Storgaard, Inge Kristine Holden, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Thomas Benfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Men who have sex with men
HIV
Neisseria meningitidis
Meningococcal disease
Carriage
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197122100148X

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