UKMenCar4: a cross-sectional survey of asymptomatic meningococcal carriage amongst UK adolescents at a period of low invasive meningococcal disease incidence

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...

Descripció completa

Dades bibliogràfiques
Autors principals: Bratcher, H, Rodrigues, C, Finn, A, Wootton, M, Cameron, C, Smith, A, Heath, P, Ladhani, S, Snape, M, Pollard, A, Cunningham, R, Borrow, R, Trotter, C, Gray, S, Maiden, M, Maclennan, J
Format: Journal article
Publicat: F1000 Research 2019