Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of carriage and invasive disease isolates of Neisseria meningitidis in Finland.
The relationship between carriage and the development of invasive meningococcal disease is not fully understood. We investigated the changes in meningococcal carriage in 892 military recruits in Finland during a nonepidemic period (July 2004 to January 2006) and characterized all of the oropharyngea...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2012
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