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Surveillance of cases of meningococcal disease associated with military recruits studied for meningococcal carriage.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Andersen J, Berthelsen L, Jensen B B, Lind I
Abstract excerpt
Through a 14-months extended surveillance of meningococcal disease in Denmark, all 322 notified cases were investigated for possible connection with a military camp where 3 cohorts of recruits (n = 1069) were studied prospectively for meningococcal carriage. One case occurred in a recruit who was a constant non-carrier during the preceding 3 months. The invasive Neisseria meningitidis B:1:P1.1,7 strain was...
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