Identification of nasopharyngeal carriage of an outbreak strain of Neisseria meningitidis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis versus phenotypic methods.

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The clustering of four cases of meningococcal disease during a 3-month period in a small community with 2233 inhabitants prompted an interventional carrier survey in persons < 19 years old and in family members of the patients. The aims of the survey were to identify the nasopharyngeal carriers and the carriage rate of the outbreak strain, to offer chemoprophylaxis to those carrying the outbreak strain, and to...

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