Carriers of Neisseria meningitidis in household contacts of meningococcal disease cases in Catalonia (Spain)
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- 1 September 2001
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 17 (9) , 877-884
Abstract
A population-based study was carried out in Catalonia (Spain) from May 1998 to April 1999 to determine the prevalence of Neisseria meningitidisstrains in meningococcal disease (MD) cases and their...Keywords
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