Epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in healthy Dutch children

D. Bogaert; P. W M Hermans; H. Boelens; M. Sluijter; A. Luijendijk; H. C. Rümke; S. Koppen; A. Van Belkum; R. De Groot; H. A. Verbrugh

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Epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in healthy Dutch children

D. Bogaert, P. W M Hermans^*, H. Boelens, M. Sluijter, A. Luijendijk, H. C. Rümke, S. Koppen, A. Van Belkum, R. De Groot, H. A. Verbrugh

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We investigated the prevalence and determinants of nasopharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in 3200 healthy children aged 1-19 years. The incidence of meningococcal carriage was, on average, 1.5%. Peak incidences were seen at age 1 year and after age 15 years. The independent determinants of meningococcal carriage included age, regular visits to youth clubs (odds ratio [OR], 2.2) and discotheques (OR, 4.3), and pneumococcal carriage (OR, 4.1).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	899-902
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	40
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/428351
Publication status	Published - 15 Mar 2005

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