TY - JOUR
T1 - Differences between sexes in the nasopharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis
AU - Melton, Lee J.
AU - Edwards, Earl A.
AU - Devine, Leonard F.
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The author gratefully acknowledges the support of the following people in the preparation of this paper Mrs Jean B. Parrott and Mrs. S. B. Hannan of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Department of the Navy, Washington, DC, and the staff of the former Naval Medical Research Unit Number 4, Great Lakes, IL
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PY - 1977/9
Y1 - 1977/9
N2 - Melton, L. J., E. A. Edwards and L. F. Devlne (Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, Washington, DC 20372). Differences between sexes in the nasopharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis. Am J Epidemiol 106:215-221, 1977.Nasopharyngeal carriage of Nelsseria meningitidis was investigated among male and female students sharing similar occupational and living environments at the U. S. Naval Hospital Corps School, Great Lakes, Illinois, in 1972-1973. When students beginning the study without meningococcal carriage were evaluated, meningococcal acquisition, weekly carrier prevalence, number of different serogroups carried, proportion of serogroup Y carriers, and average duration of group Y carriage were approximately equal for each sex. In this comparable group of men and women, there was no evidence of differences in meningococcal carriage associated solely with the sex of the host.
AB - Melton, L. J., E. A. Edwards and L. F. Devlne (Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, Washington, DC 20372). Differences between sexes in the nasopharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis. Am J Epidemiol 106:215-221, 1977.Nasopharyngeal carriage of Nelsseria meningitidis was investigated among male and female students sharing similar occupational and living environments at the U. S. Naval Hospital Corps School, Great Lakes, Illinois, in 1972-1973. When students beginning the study without meningococcal carriage were evaluated, meningococcal acquisition, weekly carrier prevalence, number of different serogroups carried, proportion of serogroup Y carriers, and average duration of group Y carriage were approximately equal for each sex. In this comparable group of men and women, there was no evidence of differences in meningococcal carriage associated solely with the sex of the host.
KW - Carrier state
KW - Meningococcal infections
KW - Sex differential
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U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112456
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112456
M3 - Article
C2 - 409282
AN - SCOPUS:0017695897
SN - 0002-9262
VL - 106
SP - 215
EP - 221
JO - American journal of epidemiology
JF - American journal of epidemiology
IS - 3
ER -