Hajj‐Associated Outbreak Strain ofNeisseria meningitidisSerogroup W135: Estimates of the Attack Rate in a Defined Population and the Risk of Invasive Disease Developing in Carriers
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- 15 March 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 36 (6) , 679-683
- https://doi.org/10.1086/367858
Abstract
An outbreak of disease due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 (W135) occurred in 2000 and 2001 among pilgrims returning from the annual IslamicKeywords
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