Impact of meningococcal vaccination on carriage and disease transmission: A review of the literature

• मुख्य लेखकों: Paul Balmer (लेखक), Cynthia Burman (लेखक), Lidia Serra (लेखक), Laura J. York (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Colonization of the human nasopharyngeal tract by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis is usually asymptomatic, but life-threatening meningococcal disease with a clinical presentation of meningitis, septicemia, or more rarely, gastrointestinal symptoms, can develop. Invasive meningococcal disease (I...