Pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica in households with infants within areas with high and low incidences of meningococcal disease
SUMMARY In a household survey in the Faroe Islands, an isolated community with hyperendemic occurrence of meningococcal disease due to serogroup B 15, 1604 persons were examined for pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and N. lactamica . Two areas were chosen having experienced high (HIA),...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0950268800067492 2024-10-06T13:48:31+00:00 Pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica in households with infants within areas with high and low incidences of meningococcal disease Olsen, S. F. Djurhuus, B. Rasmussen, K. Joensen, H. D. Larsen, S. O. Zoffman, H. Lind, I. 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0950268800067492 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0950268800067492 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Epidemiology and Infection volume 106, issue 3, page 445-457 ISSN 0950-2688 1469-4409 journal-article 1991 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268800067492 2024-09-11T04:04:31Z SUMMARY In a household survey in the Faroe Islands, an isolated community with hyperendemic occurrence of meningococcal disease due to serogroup B 15, 1604 persons were examined for pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and N. lactamica . Two areas were chosen having experienced high (HIA), and two having experienced low incidences (LIA) of disease. Living in HIA compared with LIA was associated with higher risk of N. meningitidis B 15 carriage and lower risk of N. lactamica carriage, with odds ratios of 2·7 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1·4–5·1, P = 0·003) and 0·41 (95% CI 0·31–0·53, P < 0·0001), respectively. In HIA the risk of N. meningitidis carriage was much lower in non-carriers than carriers of N. lactamica , with an odds ratio of 0·19 (95% CI 0·08–0·47, P = 0·0003); in LIA this association (odds ratio 0·51, P = 0·05) was much weaker. Children 0–14 years had substantially higher risk of being carriers of N. meningitidis group B 15 if the mothers were so, with an odds ratio of 11 (95% CI 4–29, P < 0·0001). Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Cambridge University Press Faroe Islands Epidemiology and Infection 106 3 445 457 |
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SUMMARY In a household survey in the Faroe Islands, an isolated community with hyperendemic occurrence of meningococcal disease due to serogroup B 15, 1604 persons were examined for pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and N. lactamica . Two areas were chosen having experienced high (HIA), and two having experienced low incidences (LIA) of disease. Living in HIA compared with LIA was associated with higher risk of N. meningitidis B 15 carriage and lower risk of N. lactamica carriage, with odds ratios of 2·7 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1·4–5·1, P = 0·003) and 0·41 (95% CI 0·31–0·53, P < 0·0001), respectively. In HIA the risk of N. meningitidis carriage was much lower in non-carriers than carriers of N. lactamica , with an odds ratio of 0·19 (95% CI 0·08–0·47, P = 0·0003); in LIA this association (odds ratio 0·51, P = 0·05) was much weaker. Children 0–14 years had substantially higher risk of being carriers of N. meningitidis group B 15 if the mothers were so, with an odds ratio of 11 (95% CI 4–29, P < 0·0001). |
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Olsen, S. F. Djurhuus, B. Rasmussen, K. Joensen, H. D. Larsen, S. O. Zoffman, H. Lind, I. Pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica in households with infants within areas with high and low incidences of meningococcal disease |
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Olsen, S. F. Djurhuus, B. Rasmussen, K. Joensen, H. D. Larsen, S. O. Zoffman, H. Lind, I. |
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Pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica in households with infants within areas with high and low incidences of meningococcal disease |
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Pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica in households with infants within areas with high and low incidences of meningococcal disease |
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Pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica in households with infants within areas with high and low incidences of meningococcal disease |
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Pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica in households with infants within areas with high and low incidences of meningococcal disease |
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Pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica in households with infants within areas with high and low incidences of meningococcal disease |
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pharyngeal carriage of neisseria meningitidis and neisseria lactamica in households with infants within areas with high and low incidences of meningococcal disease |
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