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Meningococcal carriage among Hajj pilgrims,risk factors for carriage and records of vaccination: a study of pilgrims to Mecca |
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| Authors: | Abrar Alasmari Joanna Houghton Brian Greenwood David Heymann Phil Edwards Heidi Larson Abdullah Assiri Fathia Ben-Rached Arnab Pain Ron Behrens Amaya Bustinduy |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK;2. Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK;3. Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security, London, UK
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK;4. Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK;5. Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK Department of Global Health, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA;6. Preventive Health, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;7. Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal-Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;8. Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal-Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan |
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| Keywords: | antibiotic Hajj meningococcal Neisseria meningitides pharyngeal carriage vaccination |