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

• Main Authors: Mark McMillan (Author), Luke Walters (Author), Turra Mark (Author), Andrew Lawrence (Author), Lex E. X. Leong (Author), Thomas Sullivan (Author), Geraint B. Rogers (Author), Ross M. Andrews (Author), Helen S. Marshall (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

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...