Observational studyEpidemiology and infection2017
Meningococcal carriage in children and young adults in the Philippines: a single group, cross-sectional study.
Observational study in Epidemiology and infection, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Risk Factors and Prevalence of Meningococcal Colonisation of Children Attending Kindergarten in Northern Hungary.Microorganisms · 2026Article
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- Asymptomatic nasopharyngeal carriage of multidrug resistant bacteria among children at University of Gondar Hospital Northwest Ethiopia Revealing Hidden Health Risks.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Invasive meningococcal disease in Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam: An Asia-Pacific expert group perspective on current epidemiology and vaccination policies.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
- A prospective observational study of community-acquired bacterial bloodstream infections in Metro Manila, the Philippines.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Observational
- Meningococcal Carriage among Household Contacts of Patients with Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Kathmandu, Nepal: A Longitudinal Study.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Carriage of Neisseria Meningitidis in Low and Middle Income Countries of the Americas and Asia: A Review of the Literature.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2020Review
- Prevalence of meningococcal carriage among male university students living in dormitories in Kerman, southeast of Iran.Pathogens and global health · 2018Article
- Increase of Neisseria meningitidis W:cc11 invasive disease in Chile has no correlation with carriage in adolescents.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
This cross-sectional prevalence study investigates meningococcal carriage for the first time in a Southeast Asian population. Posterior pharyngeal swabs were collected between August 2013 and March 2014 from 937 healthy Filipinos aged 5-24 years attending school or university in Manila. Of these, 35 were found to be carriers giving an overall carriage prevalence of 3·7% [95% confidence interval (CI) 2·6-5·2]. Carriage was associated with age (P < 0·001) and was highest (9·0%, 95% CI 5·5-13·8) in subjects aged 10-14 years, but was comparatively low (<3%) in all other age groups considered. This suggests that an immunization programme in the Philippines designed to reduce carriage acquisition and induce herd immunity may require a vaccine dose before the age of 10 years. Serogroup B was most commonly carried (65·7%, 95% CI 47·8-80·9), with a small number of carriers for serogroups C, Y and W also present. Two individuals (5·7%, 95% CI 0·7-19·2) who were simultaneously carrying multiple serogroups were identified. This exploratory study provides valuable insight into the asymptomatic carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in a healthy subset of the Filipino population and illustrates the importance of generating local carriage data.
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