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| Title: | Persistence of W135 Neisseria meningitidis carriage in returning Hajj pilgrims: Risk for early and late transmission to household contacts | Authors: | Wilder-Smith, A Barkham, T. Ravindran, S. Earnest, A. Paton, N.I. |
Keywords: | Meningococcus vaccine adolescent adult aged article bacterial strain bacterial transmission bacterium carrier bacterium isolation child controlled study disease carrier female household human infection risk major clinical study male meningococcosis molecular cloning Neisseria meningitidis public health service Singapore throat culture travel vaccination |
Issue Date: | 2003 | Publisher: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Citation: | Wilder-Smith, A, Barkham, T., Ravindran, S., Earnest, A., Paton, N.I. (2003). Persistence of W135 Neisseria meningitidis carriage in returning Hajj pilgrims: Risk for early and late transmission to household contacts. Emerging Infectious Diseases 9 (1) : 123-126. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0901.020131 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International | Abstract: | After an outbreak of meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis W135, associated with the Hajj pilgrimage in 2001, 15% of returning vaccinated pilgrims carried a single W135 clone, and 55% were still carriers 6 months later. Transmission to 8% of their unvaccinated household contacts occurred within the first few weeks, but no late transmission took place. Public health interventions are needed to protect household contacts. | Source Title: | Emerging Infectious Diseases | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/181128 | ISSN: | 10806040 | DOI: | 10.3201/eid0901.020131 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International |
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