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ArticleIranian journal of microbiology2016

Carriage rates of

Ramezan Ali Ataee, Ali Mehrabi-Tavana, Seyed Mohammad Javad Hosseini, Farshad Kaviani

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Article in Iranian journal of microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ramezan Ali AtaeeDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ali Mehrabi-TavanaHealth Management Research Center and Department of Medical Microbiology, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyed Mohammad Javad HosseiniMolecular Biology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Farshad KavianiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesMATERIALS AND

methodsIn a cross-sectional study, 226 volunteers entering military service were referred to the Shemiranat Health Center for meningococcal vaccination and assayed. Before vaccination, the participants underwent sampling of the throat using separate swabs. Thayer-Martin Agar medium and microbiological standard methods were used for culture and isolation of the organisms. The bacterial isolates were subjected to DNA extraction and polymerase chain reaction. The obtained data were descriptively analyzed.

resultsOut of the 226 (100%) young volunteers, only 18 (8%) yielded Gram-negative diplococci. The results showed the presence of DISCUSSION: This study showed that the carriage rate in young volunteers for military service is around 8% before vaccination. Although the rates for serogroups A and C were dominant, the existence of serogroups Y and W indicate the necessary revision of the A/C vaccine. More research is needed to determine serogroup diversity and decrease the risk of meningococcal disease in individual groups.

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ConscriptsHealthy carrierNeisseria meningitidisPCR

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PMID27928488
PMCPMC5139924
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