Oropharyngeal meningococcal carriage in children and adolescents, a single center study in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Oropharyngeal meningococcal carriage in children and adolescents, a single center study in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

<h4>Background</h4>Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) pharyngeal carriage is a necessary condition for invasive disease. We present the first carriage study in children in Buenos Aires, Argentina, considering 2017 as a transition year. Aims: to assess the rate of Nm carriage, to determine genog...

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Main Authors: Angela Gentile, Maria Paula Della Latta, Mercedes Bloch, Luisina Martorelli, Barbara Wisner, Cecilia Sorhouet Pereira, Mabel Regueira, Maria Del Valle Juarez, Veronica Umido, Adriana Efron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247991&type=printable

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