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Pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria species in the African meningitis belt
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Objectives. Neisseria meningitidis, together with the non-pathogenic Neisseria species (NPNs), are members of the complex microbiota of the human pharynx. This paper investigates the influence of NPNs on the epidemiology of meningococcal infection. Methods. Neisseria isolates were collected during 18 surveys conducted in six countries in the African meningitis belt between 2010 and 2012 and characterized at the rplF locus to determine species and at the variable region of the fetA antigen gen...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.03.010
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- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Infection Journal website
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- In Press, Corrected Proof published online
- Publication date:
- 2016-03-23
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-03-16
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1532-2742
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612162
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pubs:612162
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- Diallo et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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- © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of the The British Infection Association. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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