B Part of It study: a longitudinal study to assess carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in first year university students in South Australia

Objectives: N. meningitidis carriage in Australia is poorly understood. This study aimed to estimate prevalence and risk factors for carriage of N. meningitidis in South Australian university students. We also sought to identify whether delayed freezing of oropharyngeal samples altered PCR positivit...

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Published in:	Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Main Authors:	Mark McMillan, Luke Walters, Turra Mark, Andrew Lawrence, Lex E. X. Leong, Thomas Sullivan, Geraint B. Rogers, Ross M. Andrews, Helen S. Marshall
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2019-04-01
Subjects:	neisseria meningitidis saliva risk factors adolescents carriage
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1551672