Neisseria meningitidis Carriage during an Outbreak of Serogroup C Disease
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- 1 November 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 37 (9) , 1183-1188
Abstract
During 2001, an outbreak of serogroup C meningococcal disease led to immunization of individuals aged 13–29 years in Abbotsford, British Columbia, CaKeywords
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