Meningococcal carriage in periods of high and low invasive meningococcal disease incidence in the UK: comparison of UKMenCar1-4 cross-sectional survey results

<p><strong>Background:</strong> The incidence of invasive meningococcal disease in the UK decreased by approximately four times from 1999 to 2014, with reductions in serogroup C and serogroup B disease. Lower serogroup C invasive meningococcal disease incidence was attributable to...

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Main Authors: MacLennan, JM, Rodrigues, CMC, Bratcher, HB, Lekshmi, A, Finn, A, Oliver, J, Wootton, M, Ray, S, Cameron, C, Smith, A, Heath, PT, Bartolf, A, Nolan, T, Hughes, S, Varghese, A, Snape, MD, Sewell, R, Cunningham, R, Stolton, A, Kay, C, Palmer, K, Baxter, D, Suggitt, D, Zipitis, CS, Pemberton, N, Jolley, KA, Bray, JE, Harrison, OB, Ladhani, SN, Pollard, AJ, Borrow, R, Gray, SJ, Trotter, C, Maiden, MCJ
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021