Persistence of W135 Neisseria meningitidis carriage in returning Hajj pilgrims: Risk for early and late transmission to household contacts

• Main Authors: Wilder-Smith, A, Barkham, T., Ravindran, S., Earnest, A., Paton, N.I.
• Other Authors: MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
• Format: Article
• Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2020
• Subjects: Meningococcus vaccine; adolescent; adult; aged; article; bacterial strain; bacterial transmission; bacterium carrier; bacterium isolation; child; controlled study; disease carrier; female; household; human; infection risk; major clinical study; male; meningococcosis; molecular cloning; Neisseria meningitidis; public health service; Singapore; throat culture; travel; vaccination
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/181128
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.3201/eid0901.020131