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- Title
Meningococcal Disease in Korea: an Epidemiologic Study of the Underestimated Infectious Disease.
- Authors
Jung Yeon Heo
- Abstract
The article focuses on an epidemiologic study of the underestimated infectious disease meningococcal in Korea. It informs that the study suggests varied levels of natural immunity against the four serogroup meningococci, which reflects exposure to meningococcal capsular antigen. It informs that meningococci are transmitted only from one human to another by infected respkatory secretions or saliva via airborne respiratory droplets usually under crowded living conditions.
- Subjects
KOREA; MENINGOCOCCAL infections; NEISSERIA infections; BACTERIAL meningitis; NEISSERIA meningitidis
- Publication
Infection & Chemotherapy, 2016, Vol 48, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
2093-2340
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3947/ic.2016.48.1.51