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dc.titlePersistence of W135 Neisseria meningitidis carriage in returning Hajj pilgrims: Risk for early and late transmission to household contacts
dc.contributor.authorWilder-Smith, A
dc.contributor.authorBarkham, T.
dc.contributor.authorRavindran, S.
dc.contributor.authorEarnest, A.
dc.contributor.authorPaton, N.I.
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-27T09:55:54Z
dc.date.available2020-10-27T09:55:54Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.citationWilder-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
dc.identifier.issn10806040
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/181128
dc.description.abstractAfter 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.
dc.publisherCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceUnpaywall 20201031
dc.subjectMeningococcus vaccine
dc.subjectadolescent
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectaged
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectbacterial strain
dc.subjectbacterial transmission
dc.subjectbacterium carrier
dc.subjectbacterium isolation
dc.subjectchild
dc.subjectcontrolled study
dc.subjectdisease carrier
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthousehold
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectinfection risk
dc.subjectmajor clinical study
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmeningococcosis
dc.subjectmolecular cloning
dc.subjectNeisseria meningitidis
dc.subjectpublic health service
dc.subjectSingapore
dc.subjectthroat culture
dc.subjecttravel
dc.subjectvaccination
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentMICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
dc.contributor.departmentMEDICINE
dc.description.doi10.3201/eid0901.020131
dc.description.sourcetitleEmerging Infectious Diseases
dc.description.volume9
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.page123-126
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