Nasopharyngeal Meningococcal Carriage among Children and Adolescents in Turkey in 2018: An Unexpected High Serogroup X Carriage
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Population and Sampling
2.2. Laboratory Analysis
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Kizil, M.C.; Kilic, O.; Ceyhan, M.; Iseri Nepesov, M.; Karbuz, A.; Kurugol, Z.; Hacimustafaoglu, M.; Celebi, S.; Dinleyici, M.; Carman, K.B.; et al. Nasopharyngeal Meningococcal Carriage among Children and Adolescents in Turkey in 2018: An Unexpected High Serogroup X Carriage. Children 2021, 8, 871. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8100871
Kizil MC, Kilic O, Ceyhan M, Iseri Nepesov M, Karbuz A, Kurugol Z, Hacimustafaoglu M, Celebi S, Dinleyici M, Carman KB, et al. Nasopharyngeal Meningococcal Carriage among Children and Adolescents in Turkey in 2018: An Unexpected High Serogroup X Carriage. Children. 2021; 8(10):871. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8100871
Chicago/Turabian StyleKizil, Mahmut Can, Omer Kilic, Mehmet Ceyhan, Merve Iseri Nepesov, Adem Karbuz, Zafer Kurugol, Mustafa Hacimustafaoglu, Solmaz Celebi, Meltem Dinleyici, Kursat Bora Carman, and et al. 2021. "Nasopharyngeal Meningococcal Carriage among Children and Adolescents in Turkey in 2018: An Unexpected High Serogroup X Carriage" Children 8, no. 10: 871. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8100871