Observational study of nasopharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in applicants to a military academy in the Russian Federation

Objective: To determine the carriage and the serogroup distribution of Neisseria meningitidis in military academy applicants in the Russian Federation. Design: This was a prospective, observational study of adults aged >18 years from a military academy; applicants who had samples taken on arrival...

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Main Authors: Sergey Sidorenko, Sergei Zakharenko, Yuri Lobzin, Konstantin Zhdanov, Elvira Martens, Vladimir Gostev, Alexey Mokhov, Marina Volkova, Olga Kalinogorskaya, Ludmila Gelezova, Alexander Goldstein, Moe H. Kyaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219300037