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Risk factors for carriage of Neisseria meningitidis during an outbreak in Wales
P E Fitzpatrick1, R L Salmon, P R Hunter
1PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (Wales), Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|February 1, 2000
Abstract:
In a school outbreak of meningococcal disease in Wales, we compared risk factors for the carriage of Neisseria meningitidis B15 P1.16 with carriage of any meningococci. Students had throat swabs and completed a questionnaire. Sixty (7.9%) carried meningococci; risk for carriage was higher in those >14 years of age.