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Meningococcal carriage among a university student population - United States, 2015.

Vaccine - 2 Jan 2018

Breakwell Lucy, Whaley Melissa, Khan Unab I, Bandy Utpala, Alexander-Scott Nicole, Dupont Lynn, Vanner Cindy, Chang How-Yi, Vuong Jeni T, Martin Stacey, MacNeil Jessica R, Wang Xin, Meyer Sarah A

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OBJECTIVES: Several outbreaks of serogroup B meningococcal disease have occurred among university students in recent years. In the setting of high coverage of the quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine and prior to widespread use of serogroup B meningococcal vaccines among adolescents, we conducted surveys to characterize the prevalence and molecular characteristics of meningococcal carriage among...

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PMID: 29183735
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.11.040
PMCID: PMC5737556

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