Longitudinal study of meningococcal carriage rates in university entrants living in a dormitory in South Korea.

University students, especially those living in dormitories, are known to have a high risk of invasive meningococcal disease. We performed a longitudinal study to investigate the change in Neisseria meningitidis carriage rates and identify the risk factors for carriage acquisition in university stud...

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Main Authors: Heun Choi, Hyuk Min Lee, Woonji Lee, Jun Hyoung Kim, Hye Seong, Jung Ho Kim, Jin Young Ahn, Su Jin Jeong, Nam Su Ku, Joon-Sup Yeom, Kyungwon Lee, Hee Soo Kim, Philipp Oster, Jun Yong Choi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244716