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Meningococcal Carriage among Adolescents after Mass Meningococcal C Conjugate Vaccination Campaigns in Salvador, Brazil.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2016

Nunes Amélia Maria Pithon Borges, Ribeiro Guilherme Sousa, Ferreira Ítalo Eustáquio, Moura Ana Rafaela Silva Simões, Felzemburgh Ridalva Dias Martins, de Lemos Ana Paula Silva, Reis Mitermayer Galvão, de Moraes José Cassio, Campos Leila Carvalho

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Neisseria meningitidis is a commensal bacterium of the human nasopharynx. In rare cases, it penetrates the mucosa, entering the blood stream and causing various forms of disease. Meningococcal conjugate vaccines can prevent invasive disease not only by direct effect in vaccinated individuals but also by herd protection, preventing acquisition of carriage, which interrupts transmission and leads to protection of...

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PMID: 27861618
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166475
PMCID: PMC5115742

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