Article
Transmission of Neisseria meningitidis among asymptomatic military recruits and antibody analysis.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Oct 1992
Caugant D A, Høiby E A, Rosenqvist E, Frøholm L O, Selander R K
Abstract excerpt
Following the occurrence of a case of systemic meningococcal disease in a military camp in Norway, throat cultures and blood samples were collected from 33 healthy individuals belonging to the same troop as the patient (troop A) and from 29 individuals from a different troop (troop B) in the same camp. Serological studies showed that 91% of the recruits had bactericidal antibodies against the disease-causing...
Topics
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Carrier State
- Disease Outbreaks
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Genotype
- Humans
- Meningococcal Infections
- Military Personnel
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Norway
- Pharyngitis